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

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.

Joao Gilberto on guitar could read a newspaper and sound good.

When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they're still here and passing it on to others.

Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don't know what to tell a person that can't - if you can't tell a person what you're talkin' about when they're rushin' or droppin' the tempo, you get somebody else.

It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.

Lionel [Richie] said, "Yeah, I learned chords and stuff playin' against your albums."