You can't eat a winner's plaque.

I like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies - other people can't get nothing out of a song, but he can, which takes a lot of imagination.

[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.

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

Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.

I gave the album [You're Under Arrest] to Quincy Jones and he loved "D Train". We couldn't call it "D Train"; it's called "MDI/Something's On Your Mind/MD2". That's on the album.

Don't be afraid of mistakes - There are none.