Unless you know what it is I ain't never going to be able to explain it to you.

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.

Never play a thing the same way twice.

I don't get involved in politics. I just blow my horn.

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.

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