Music is the tonal reflection of beauty.
It's like an act of murder - you play with intent to commit something.
Every man prays in his own language.
The word [jazz] never lost its association with those New Orleans bordellos. In the 1920s I used to try to convince Fletcher Henderson that we ought to call what we were doing 'Negro music'. But it's too late for that now.
Music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one.
You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad.