Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.

I began to realize that some of the things Ornette Coleman had said about things being played three or fours ways, independently of each other, were true because Bach had also composed that way.

Some of [drummers] drop time because they want to hear what you're doin'.

Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.

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.

It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play.

I still got my Ferrari.