I'm definitely a romantic, I don't think life is really worth all the pain and effort and struggling if you don't have somebody that you love very much

Your looks are laughable, unphotographable, yet you're my favorite work of art. Is your figure less than Greek, is your mouth a little weak? When you open it to speak, are you smart?

Well if I could play like Wynton, I wouldn't play like Wynton.

I don't believe that jazz will ever really die. It's a nice way to express yourself.

You don't know what love is, until you've learned the meaning of the blues, until you've loved a love you've had to lose.

I'm definitely a romantic, I don't think life is really worth all the pain and effort and struggling if you don't have somebody that you love very much

The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met.