Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery

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

I like Stan [Getz], because he has so much patience, the way he plays those melodies - other people can't get nothing out of a song, but he can, which takes a lot of imagination.

We're not going to play the blues anymore. Let the white folks play the blues. They got 'em, so they can keep 'em.

I'm not messing around with nobody's woman. If I want a woman I go get her - you know what I mean?

Music is the framework around the silence.

It takes a long time to sound like yourself.