Kenny Burrell is the grand master of jazz guitar.
There have been two great revelations in my life: The first was bepop, the second was homeopathy.
I was blessed that I got married early and had a good wife. That sort of kept me straight. Probably I would have been like Charlie Parker, you know, involved in drugs or alcohol or something like that if I hadn't had this stability.
The sign of a mature musician is knowing what not to play.
I try to play the bare essence, to let everything be just what it's supposed to be.
You can't steal a gift. Bird [Charlie Parker] gave the world his music, and if you can hear it you can have it.