I think every Negro over fifty should get a medal for putting up with all that crap.

I'll play it first and figure out what it's called later.

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

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

He sounded to me like he's supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.

I usually write from the rhythm section...If a drummer got a funky beat on some things - like a half-shuffle or a shuffle or a backbeat that's even - I can write something.