Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that.
I try to play the bare essence, to let everything be just what it's supposed to be.
Jazz will be the classical music of the future.
I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds.
The idea of life is to give and receive.
You can't steal a gift. Bird [Charlie Parker] gave the world his music, and if you can hear it you can have it.