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.

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--?

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

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.

Catch Harry Belafonte. He's got a helluva rhythm section.And so have the Pointer Sisters. And that little guy with Sammy Clayton. He plays the whole show with 40 members.

In music, silence is more important than sound.

If you're trying to be hip, be hip.