Jazz will be the classical music of the future.

Nothing surpasses my performances with small bands, especially with Charlie Parker. A small band doesn't forestall creativity.

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.

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.

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

We loved one another, man. I mean all those stories about the rift ... there was no question of a rift between Charlie Parker and me.

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