Hurry, get on board, it's comin', listen to those rails a-thrumming all aboard. Get on the "A" train, soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem.

There is no art when one does something without intention.

I'm sure critics have their purpose, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what he did.

Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.

Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.

Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.

A goal is a dream with a finish line.