I really liked Wynton when I first met him. He's still a nice young man, only confused.

I can tell. I'm gifted with that, you know. When I hear that the tempo is slightly off, it's hard for me.

For me, music and life are all about style.

The music has gotten thick. Guys give me tunes and they're full of chords. I can't play them...I think a movement in jazz is beginning away from the conventional string of chords, and a return to emphasis on melodic rather than harmonic variation. There will be fewer chords but infinite possibilities as to what to do with them.

The music speaks for itself!

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

Some day I'm gonna call me up on the phone, so when I answer, I can tell myself to shut up.