True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.
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.
An entire composition written in jazz could not live.
When I'm in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers.
The extraordinary thing about my mother, she's so modest about me.
Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation.