And I think to myself what a wonderful world. Oh, yeah.

Never play anything the same way twice.

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans. When that's where you left your heart. The moonlight on the bayou a creole tune that fills the air. I dream about magnolias in bloom and I'm wishin' I was there.

I had a chance to play with the best musicians that were coming through because I was pretty good myself or else they wouldn't have tolerated with me.

If I don’t practice for a day, I know it. If I don’t practice for two days, the critics know it. And if I don’t practice for three days, the public knows it.

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

There's only two ways to sum up music; either it's good or it's bad. If it's good you don't mess about it, you just enjoy it.