Problems are chances for us to do our best.

The problem of expressing the contributions that Benny Carter has made to popular music is so tremendous it completely fazes me, so extraordinary a musician is he.

Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it.

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.

If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!