In Braille you write your flat sign first and then your note.

Learn the rules and then break them in such a way as to exercise good taste.

Perfect retention. I dont think I could do that-Ive never disciplined myself to do it.I suppose a lot of it is a question of discipline. Which improvisation is not.

You know, when you've established a certain thing, what can you do? You're stuck with it.

When people ask me how is it I was a musician, I facetiously say that I'm a firm believer in reincarnation and in a previous life I was Johann Sebastian Bach's guide dog.

When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the show with Ella, so I would get a chance to play with Ray Brown and Charlie Smith as well.

I don't like freedom jazz - I think it's void of roots and void of foundation.