In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That's a little bit too much.

If you sacrifice your art because of some woman, or some man, or for some color, or for some wealth, you can't be trusted.

I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.

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.

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'm out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I'm still playing.

A painting is music you can see and music is a painting you can hear.