Music was our wife and we loved her. We stayed with her, clothed her and put diamond rings on her hands.

I'm motivated. The spirit hits me and I just keep going and don't stop. The more I play, the more I can invent, the more ideas come to me.

Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things.

Music was our wife and we loved her. We stayed with her, clothed her and put diamond rings on her hands.

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 is my way of thinking, talking, communicating.

All art is communication of the artists' ideas, sounds, thoughts; without that no one will support the artist.