The European boys have small ideas but they sure know how to dress 'em up.

Jazz is one of the best things that you can find in your life, it can always be your friend.

It sounds simple, of course, but personally I can think of no more mentally arduous task than making music.

Upper berth, lower berth, that's the difference between talent and genius.

When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.

All these tales of people sitting down and composing symphonies just as though they were writing a letter are very much exaggerated; at least, it isn't that way in my work.

Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want?