Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.
It ain't whatcha say, it's the way howcha say it.
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.
We don't play slow and we don't play fast, we play half fast
I'm a spade, you're an ofay. Let's play.
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.