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.

Americans don't like any form of art, man. All they like to do is make money. They don't like me, Sammy Davis, or anybody else. They don't like nothing. They just like Sammy because he can make 'em a lot of money.

The only way a drum machine will get out of beat is for you not to pay your electric bill.

I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it - like, they say "rock". Because the white singers can't sound like James Brown, they call him "soul". They've been doing that for years. That's the prejudice crap.

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

In respect for drummers, see, I love drummers.

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