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

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

Catch Harry Belafonte. He's got a helluva rhythm section.And so have the Pointer Sisters. And that little guy with Sammy Clayton. He plays the whole show with 40 members.

You ever hear Buddy Miles play the drums? You know, he doesn't vary the tempo at all.

I never thought that the music called "jazz" was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked under glass like all the other dead things that were once considered artistic.

With "We Are The World," I can't even eat when I watch that on television. If I'm eatin' some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.

At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.