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

Music is either good or bad, and it's got to be learned. You got to have balance.

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.

Never play anything the same way twice.

All them weird chords which don't mean a thing...you got no melody to remember, and no beat to dance to

It's America's classical music ... this becomes our tradition ... the bottom line of any country in the world is what did we contribute to the world? ... we contributed Louis Armstrong

You've got to be good or as bad as the devil.