I've used [drum machine] because I have to have the perfect tempo.

I'm out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I'm still playing.

It takes a long time to sound like yourself.

Catch Harry Belafonte. He's got a helluva rhythm section.And so have the Pointer Sisters. And that little guy with Sammy Clayton. He plays the whole show with 40 members.

If you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that you play that determines if it's good or bad.

That's the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.

In high school I was best in music class on the trumpet, but the prizes went to the boys with blue eyes. I made up my mind to outdo anybody white on my horn.