Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your magnificent indifference.

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

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

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.

I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition.

Many critics always saw and heard that my style comes from Roy Eldridge, which is true. But for many things, not only how to play the trumpet but the way to choose the notes, how to play them and how to phrase all of them, I took that from Sweets [Edison]. He really brought something new to the trumpet.

The idea of life is to give and receive.