To jazz, or not to jazz, there is no question!
At first it was just a misdemeanor, but then you lost the "mis-de" and you just got meaner and meaner.
When I go to the Gate, I'll play a duet with Gabriel. Yeah, we'll play 'Sleepy Time Down South' and 'Hello, Dolly!.' Then he can blow a couple that he's been playing up there all the time.
[Bebop is] Chinese music.
It's getting almost so bad a colored man hasn't got any country.
There are Two Secrets to Success: 1. Don't tell ANYONE Everything you know 2.If you have to ask what Jazz is, you'll never know.