Music is an addiction.

We don't play to be seen. I'm addicted to music, not audiences.

Trane was the perfect saxophonist for Monk's music because of the space that Monk always used. Trane could fill up all that space with all them chords and sounds he was playing then.

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

I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.

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

In music, silence is more important than sound.