Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.
Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things.
Playing is my way of thinking, talking, communicating.
It's always Jazz. You can put a new dress on her, a new hat, but no matter what kind of clothes she's the same old broad.
Playing gives me as much good feeling now as it did when I was a bitty kid.
All art is communication of the artists' ideas, sounds, thoughts; without that no one will support the artist.