I don't care if a dude is purple with green breath as long as he can swing.

Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?

Trane was the perfect saxophonist for Monk's music because of the space that Monk always used. Trane could fill up all that space with all them chords and sounds he was playing then.

There are no wrong notes.

We don't play to be seen. I'm addicted to music, not audiences.

Americans don't like any form of art, man. All they like to do is make money. They don't like me, Sammy Davis, or anybody else. They don't like nothing. They just like Sammy because he can make 'em a lot of money.

My future starts when I wake up every morning.