Somebody, my daughter or my wife, gave me a music box for Christmas. It plays "My Funny Valentine" on celeste, you know? So I had Bobby [Irving] just play "Jean Pierre" with the changes on celeste.
[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichรฉs, you know.
If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!
Some of [drummers] drop time because they want to hear what you're doin'.
I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
It's not the note you play that's the wrong note - it's the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.