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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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?