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.

Bop is at the end of the road. Now everybody wants dance music.

I know all the Latin-American rhythms quite well, but I don't play them exactly like they do in their own country - I add my personal touch.

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

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

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.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your magnificent indifference.