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.

I'm not messing around with nobody's woman. If I want a woman I go get her - you know what I mean?

Drummers - sometimes they play and they listen. And that little listen takes a speck away from the right tempo.

Play what you know and then play above that

What's swinging in words? If a guy makes you pat your foot and if you feel it down your back, you don't have to ask anybody if that's good music or not. You can always feel it.

You can tell whether a person plays well or not by the way he carries the instrument, whether it means something to him or not.

I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.