Always listen for what you can leave out.
I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
That's the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.
You can't eat a winner's plaque.
Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
Somebody, my daughter or my wife, gave me a music box for Christmas. It plays "My Funny Valentine" on celeste, you know? So I had Bobby [Irving] just play "Jean Pierre" with the changes on celeste.