There are no wrong notes in jazz: only notes in the wrong places.

As long as I've been playing, they never say I done anything. They always say that some white guy did it.

It's not about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.

I don't wanna talk about Teo [Macero]. He's a helluva musician, a brilliant musician, but he's just not for me, that's all. I can elaborate on it, but I don't want to do that.

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

If you love them in the morning with their eyes full of crust; if you love them at night with their hair full of rollers, chances are, you're in love.

If you have to ask, you'll never know.