You can't steal a gift. Bird [Charlie Parker] gave the world his music, and if you can hear it you can have it.

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

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

Kenny Burrell is the grand master of jazz guitar.

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

Mutual respect is so important because as soon as it disappears in relations between you and the next person, there's trouble.

Miles got a mystique about him-plus he's at the top of his profession. And he's got way, way, way more money.