Certain drummers drop time, and I like to play on top of the beat.

It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play.

If you had to call it "unison", it ain't unison. It ain't the same as somebody else. If you can hear that it's unison, and you have to name it something other than "unison", it ain't unison, you know what I mean? It's two guys playin', but one guy is playin' slightly out of tune, one is playin' slightly off meter.

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

Play what you know and then play above that

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

You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.