If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!

When I heard Coleman Hawkins, I learned to play ballads

The only way a drum machine will get out of beat is for you not to pay your electric bill.

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.

If you got up on the bandstand at Minton's and couldn't play, you were not only going to be embarrassed by the people ignoring you or booing you, you might get your ass kicked.

For me, music and life are all about style.

It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.