I've come to the conclusion that I'm not supposed to be married.

In my line of business, there's no better feeling than having a real nice work that you're really satisfied with.

There's only one cook in the kitchen, only one chef. I let the soloists do their thing - you've gotta let a man do a solo the way he wants - but as far as picking the tunes and working on the arrangements, I take full responsibility for it.

I didn't think we would ever make enough money to pay rent by playing music.

I left home the day after I graduated from high school because I knew we weren't going to make any dough to pay the rent in music.

When I got out of high school, I thought, I'll take a year or two off and play the clubs, get this out of my system, and then go to med school.

One of these days I will be an old man in a rocking chair on a porch. Wouldn't it be nice to have my whole life there to read and kind of re-live it.