I don't deserve a Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. But fifteen years ago, I had a brain operation and I didn't deserve that, either. So I'll keep it.

I was the most subtle person in the world.

Everybody has their idiosyncrasies.

I was married for 36 years but now I'm free.

Excellence isn't an act, it's a habit

Hell, nobody knows where jazz is going to go. There may be a kid right now in Chitlin Switch, Georgia, who is going to come along and upset everybody.

It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do.