I don't dig that two-beat jive the New Orleans cats play. My boys and I have to have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating.

I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch.

Keep on listening & tapping your feet.

If a guy is gonna to play good bop, he has to have a sort of a bop soul.

Freddie Green has been my right arm for thirty years. And if he leaves the band one day, I'll probably leave with him.

I think the band can really swing when it swings easy, when it can just play along like you are cutting butter.

If you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!