There have been two great revelations in my life: The first was bepop, the second was homeopathy.

Where there's no mutual respect, there's trouble!

Nothing surpasses my performances with small bands, especially with Charlie Parker. A small band doesn't forestall creativity.

There are a lot of great players... a lot of great players around, but Louie Bellson is really something special.

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.

Kenny Burrell is the grand master of jazz guitar.

I try to play the bare essence, to let everything be just what it's supposed to be in that particular spot...You have many things to pick from when you're playing, so you try to train yourself to pick out the best things that you know.