Monk taught me more about music composition than anyone else on 52nd Street.

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.

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

That's the way women do. The frown. They want to give you the attitude to approach them back, by giving you a negative vibe.

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.

It's like swimmin' without warmin' up, yuo know what I mean? So [cackles] we use the drum machine, and we take it out.

My father's rich, my momma's good looking. Right? And I can play the Blues. I've never suffered and don't intend to suffer.