Freddie Green has been my right arm for thirty years. And if he leaves the band one day, I'll probably leave with him.
Count BasieI never thought innovation as such was very important. Not when you have to think about it... If you're going to come up with a new direction or a really new way to do something, you'll do it by just playing your stuff and letting it ride. The real innovators did their innovating by just being themselves.
Count Basie