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.

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

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

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.

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.

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