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

It's not the note you play that's the wrong note - it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.

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

I keep telling Ron Lorman and them in the control room, "It's my band! The reason I have a band is because I can't stand for somebody to tell me what to do."

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

It's like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of s-- is that, but white people's s--?

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.