The way you change and help music is by tryin' to invent new ways to play

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.

It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.

At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.

When I heard Coleman Hawkins, I learned to play ballads

I still got my Ferrari.

If you're going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.