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

My whole life, my whole soul, my whole spirit is to blow that horn.

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.

Making money ain't nothing exciting to me. You might be able to buy a little better booze than the wino on the corner. But you get sick just like the next cat and when you die you're just as graveyard dead as he is.

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

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