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

If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can't be trusted.

Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.

I've always told the musicians in my band to play what they know and then play above that. Because then anything can happen, and that's where great art and music happens.

Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.

There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.

You can't play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn't played