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

It seems to me that most people are impressed with just three things: how fast you can play, how high you can play, and how loud you can play.

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.

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

In Europe they look upon jazz as art. In America it's a diversion. Somebody opens a restaurant and installs another band off to the side. People don't listen.

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

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