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.
It takes a pretty good drummer to be better than no drummer at all.
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.
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.
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?