Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that.

We loved one another, man. I mean all those stories about the rift ... there was no question of a rift between Charlie Parker and me.

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

The idea of life is to give and receive.

As a musician you have to keep one foot back in the past and have one foot forward into the future.

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

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