You can't play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn't played

With "We Are The World," I can't even eat when I watch that on television. If I'm eatin' some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.

I like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies - other people can't get nothing out of a song, but he can, which takes a lot of imagination.

I can tell. I'm gifted with that, you know. When I hear that the tempo is slightly off, it's hard for me.

You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.

I really liked Wynton when I first met him. He's still a nice young man, only confused.

[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.