A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.
The only reason to write a new song is because you're tired of the old ones.
Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one.
Everybody ought to listen to Benny [Carter]. He's a whole musical education.
Music is the framework around the silence.
I'm not messing around with nobody's woman. If I want a woman I go get her - you know what I mean?