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

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.

They're not particular whether you're playing a flat 5th or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance.

Kenny Burrell is the grand master of jazz guitar.

I used to do a lot of apologizing for what the State Department had done.

Everyone wants to put people on, I think. And get away with it! That's the thing: put people on and get away with it! That's a science in itself.

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