When the band plays fast, you play slow; when the band plays slow, you play fast.

You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.

So What or Kind of Blue were done in that era, the right hour, the right day. It's over; it's on the record.

It's a different ballgame now, so that lets [teo] Macero out. He's always complainin', always sick.

In respect for drummers, see, I love drummers.

John Lee Hooker is the funkiest man alive

[Prince] could very well be the Duke Ellington of Rock 'n' Roll.