The reason [drummers] call things "unison", and they sound unison, is because you actually play two different tempos . . . like you're a little sharp, or a little flat; it's so slight that they call it "unison", but it's not unison.

If you got up on the bandstand at Minton's and couldn't play, you were not only going to be embarrassed by the people ignoring you or booing you, you might get your ass kicked.

Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.

Lionel [Richie] said, "Yeah, I learned chords and stuff playin' against your albums."

I still got my Ferrari.

If you're trying to be hip, be hip.

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