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

A lot of the musicians asked me if when I hit my high-Cs on the records I had a clarinet take the notes. Some [thought] I had invented some kind of gadget so I could play high register. They weren't satisfied until they handed me a trumpet that they had with them and had me swing it. Then they cheered.

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

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.

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.

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.

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