He sounded to me like he's supposed to be the savior of jazz. Sometimes people speak as though someone asked them a question. Well, no one asked him a question.

It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it.

I always listen to what I can leave out.

If you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that you play that determines if it's good or bad.

You can't eat a winner's plaque.

[Jazz musicians] feel comfortable with their clichés, you know.

Play what you know and then play above that