Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
You want to know how I started playing trumpet? My father bought me one, and I studied the trumpet. And everybody I heard that I liked, I picked up things from.
I really liked Wynton when I first met him. He's still a nice young man, only confused.
If you're going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.
Somebody, my daughter or my wife, gave me a music box for Christmas. It plays "My Funny Valentine" on celeste, you know? So I had Bobby [Irving] just play "Jean Pierre" with the changes on celeste.