You got to love to be able to play

Even If I have two three days off, you still have to blow that horn. You have to keep up those chops... I have to warm up everyday for at least an hour.

Not too slow, not too fast. Kind of like half-fast.

To jazz, or not to jazz, there is no question!

A lot of the musicians asked me if when I hit my high-Cs on the records I had a clarinet take the notes. Some [thought] I had invented some kind of gadget so I could play high register. They weren't satisfied until they handed me a trumpet that they had with them and had me swing it. Then they cheered.

A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.

Jazz is what I play for a living.