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

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.

Maybe you play a melody twice. You play it once like you like it, and some parts that you don't like you can just switch. An eight-bar motive - you can just take it and put it in the front or back or something like that. It can save you 50 or 60 or 70,000 dollars, a drum machine. That's why everybody uses it.

You can't compete with Sweets' sound and time feel. It's impossible.

I don't care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.

In improvisation, there are no mistakes.

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