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

How do I know why Miles walks off the stage? Why don't you ask him? And besides, maybe we'd all like to be like Miles, and just haven't got the guts.

The idea of life is to give and receive.

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.

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.

The sign of a mature musician is knowing what not to play.

One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.