There are a lot of great players... a lot of great players around, but Louie Bellson is really something special.

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

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

There have been two great revelations in my life: The first was bepop, the second was homeopathy.

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

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.

When I grow up I want to be just like Benny Carter!