Put it this way: Jazz is a good barometer of freedom... In its beginnings, the United States of America spawned certain ideals of freedom and independence through which, eventually, jazz was evolved, and the music is so free that many people say it is the only unhampered, unhindered expression of complete freedom yet produced in this country.

I don't need time. What I need is a deadline!

The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.

There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.

Everybody in Canada seemed to listen to what they enjoyed, and nobody could tell them what to like, or what was the popular, or what was the In thing. Even today, it is very hard to brainwash a Canadian.

Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.

There is no art when one does something without intention.