Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!

When we edit the music, I always remember, "It's my band. Save me a place to play."

People will go for anything they don't understand if it's got enough hype.

It's a different ballgame now, so that lets [teo] Macero out. He's always complainin', always sick.

You can't eat a winner's plaque.

I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.

The music has gotten thick. Guys give me tunes and they're full of chords. I can't play them...I think a movement in jazz is beginning away from the conventional string of chords, and a return to emphasis on melodic rather than harmonic variation. There will be fewer chords but infinite possibilities as to what to do with them.