I don't require lust, sex, or classic beauty; I require trust, respect, and honesty. All else builds from there.

Montreal was a very active jazz center until club owners started putting in strippers instead of music. Before long, there was nothing to hear.

Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play. If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.

I despair about the lack of proper respect shown for the piano. If you want it to sound like a traffic jam, go out in the street and forget the piano. That's not a piano sound.

We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.

I am the worlds laziest writer.

I don't require lust, sex, or classic beauty; I require trust, respect, and honesty. All else builds from there.