If you had to call it "unison", it ain't unison. It ain't the same as somebody else. If you can hear that it's unison, and you have to name it something other than "unison", it ain't unison, you know what I mean? It's two guys playin', but one guy is playin' slightly out of tune, one is playin' slightly off meter.

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.

The reason [drummers] call things "unison", and they sound unison, is because you actually play two different tempos . . . like you're a little sharp, or a little flat; it's so slight that they call it "unison", but it's not unison.

If you had to call it "unison", it ain't unison. It ain't the same as somebody else. If you can hear that it's unison, and you have to name it something other than "unison", it ain't unison, you know what I mean? It's two guys playin', but one guy is playin' slightly out of tune, one is playin' slightly off meter.

You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.

All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.

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