As many bands as you heard [in New Orleans], that's how many bands you heard playing right. I thought I was in Heaven playing second trumpet in the Tuxedo Brass Band -- and they had some funeral marches that would just touch your heart, they were so beautiful.
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.
If you don't understand it, don't mess with it.
Unless you know what it is I ain't never going to be able to explain it to you.
I don't get involved in politics. I just blow my horn.
It really puzzles me to see marijuana connected with narcotics dope and all of that stuff. It is a thousand times better than whiskey. It is an assistant and a friend.