I don't like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there's no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don't know.

If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you're in love.

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.

I always listen to what I can leave out.

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

Jazz musicians are so comfortable. The reason they can't do what we do is because they're so comfortable doin' what they do.

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