There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.

There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter.

I fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King's son.

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

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

If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original.