Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.

Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do.

A lot of people ask me where music is going today. I think it's going in short phrases. If you listen, anybody with an ear can hear that. Music is always changing. It changes because of the times and the technology that's available, the material that things are made of, like plastic cars instead of steel. So when you hear an accident today it sounds different, not all the metal colliding like it was in the forties and fifties. Musicians pick up sounds and incorporate that into their playing, so the music that they make will be different.

Audiences - they like colour, you know. I can go out there wearing a red suit, man, and they'll say I'm out of sight ... I think they should be educated; you should always drop something on an audience ... When you get in front of an audience, you should try to give 'em something. After all, they're there looking at you like this. You can't go out and give 'em nothing.

You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.

I don't care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.

For me, music and life are all about style.