I believe that a truly valuable artist must be an artist who realizes the impossibility of his task -and then continues to do it.

I cannot say what I think is right about Music. I only know the rightness of it.

Jazz is one of the least learnable art forms.

I realized that improvisers should probably always have time off. But musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute - unless something drastic occurs.

Silence is the potential from which music can arise.

If music is sound & came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound.

Wynton Marsalis is jazzy the same way someone who drives a BMW is sporty.