[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.
Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
If you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that you play that determines if it's good or bad.
Music is an addiction.
It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it.
You ever hear Buddy Miles play the drums? You know, he doesn't vary the tempo at all.