Artt Frank is my all-time favorite drummer. He always seems to know where I'm going.

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?

People said I'd never make 35, then I'd never make 40, 45; now I'm almost 50, so Im beginning to think maybe they might be wrong.

I soon became aware that there wasn't enough time or opportunity to kiss all the girls in the world. The best thing is to stay cool - just be choosy and wait for the right opportunity.

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.

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

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