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.

Don't do nothing halfway, else you find yourself dropping more than can be picked up.

You can't take it for granted. Even if we have two, three days off I still have to blow that horn a few hours to keep up the chops. I mean I've been playing 50 years, and that's what I've been doing in order to keep in that groove there.

It's getting almost so bad a colored man hasn't got any country.

I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right - shame on you.

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.

If it hadn't been for Jazz, there wouldn't be no rock and roll.