Drummers - sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.

When I heard Coleman Hawkins, I learned to play ballads

Joao Gilberto on guitar could read a newspaper and sound good.

If I have a dynamite bass player - I have Darryl Jones - it's so easy to write for him because he's such a funky kid and he's gifted. He's like a little genius.

If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you're in love.

I began to realize that some of the things Ornette Coleman had said about things being played three or fours ways, independently of each other, were true because Bach had also composed that way.

The music speaks for itself!