The melody is French. But that's the end of the record. I named it "Jean Pierre Then There Were None," you know, because of the big explosion. You'll like it. It's a nice album.

If you have a tone like mine that is recognizable. No matter what I play, when you hear my tone you can tell it's me.

I don't pay no attention to what critics say about me, the good or the bad. The toughest critic I got is myself...and I'm too vain to play anything I think is bad.

Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.

The only reason to write a new song is because you're tired of the old ones.

I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.

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