If I told you all the people that have secretly told me I've influenced them, you'd never believe it, and you'll never see it in print, either.

I played a lot of sports and it's the plays in basketball that weren't worked out that are the ones that are just fantastic that you remember. We don't know the power that's within our own bodies.

Every individual should be expressing themselves, whether a politician or a minister or a policeman.

Don't be a perfectionist... leave that to the classical musicians.

Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.

Jazz stands for freedom.

The reality for me is simple. When music is written, it is usually categorized as classical. When it is improvised, it can still be called classical if it is an inspired improvisation. In either category, it is still music, and it can be good or bad or simply mediocre.