Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.

Don't be afraid of mistakes - There are none.

Monk was a gentle person, gentle and beautiful, but he was strong as an ox. And if I had ever said something about punching Monk out in front of his face - and I never did - then somebody should have just come and got me and taken me to the madhouse, because Monk could have just picked my little ass up and thrown me through a wall.

If I have a dynamite bass player - I have Darryl Jones - it's so easy to write for him because he's such a funky kid and he's gifted. He's like a little genius.

It's like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of s-- is that, but white people's s--?

I've gotten hernias from drummers when they drop tempo.

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.