I spent nine days in the Downtown Los Angeles City Jail. The judge gave me a suspended sentence and I went to work that night - wailed just like nothing happened. What strucked me funny though - I laughed real loud when several movie stars came up to the bandstand while we played a dance set and told me, when they heard about me getting caught with marijuana, they thought marijuana was a chick. Woo boy - that really fractured me!

At first it was just a misdemeanor, but then you lost the "mis-de" and you just got meaner and meaner.

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

It ain't whatcha say, it's the way howcha say it.

Red beans and ricely yours.

We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.

Even If I have two three days off, you still have to blow that horn. You have to keep up those chops... I have to warm up everyday for at least an hour.