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

I just think swing is a matter of some good things put together that you can really pat your foot by. I can't define it beyond that.

The real innovators did their innovating by just being themselves.

Keep on listening & tapping your feet.

I 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.

I'll always remember when I first heard Lester [Young]. I'd never heard anyone like him before. He was a stylist with a different sound. A sound I'd never heard before or since. To be honest with you, I didn't much like it at first.

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