My father's rich, my momma's good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I've never suffered and don't intend to suffer.

That's the way you judge a car, man, [good or bad], when you start it up. It's just the same thing. I mean, I drive a Ferrari - not to be cute, but because I dig it. I'd rather drive a ten-year-old Ferrari than one of them new things-they don't go.

For me, music and life are all about style.

I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.

Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do.

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

I mean, it makes me sick when I see a white man sitting there smiling at me being entertaining, man. When I know what he's gonna do after he gets through. You know, when you see that thing on their face - like: "Entertain me." You know what I mean? Even the black guy that's trying to be white - even he can have that crap on his face.