I was the most subtle person in the world.

It was messed up, because in 1947 my family moved to Seattle and I had to get up at 5:00 o'clock in the morning to catch the ferry back to Bremerton every morning because I was Boys Club president.

I'm just a musician and a record producer.

You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff

A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.

I was reading Omar Khayyam, Kahlil Gibran, Rumi, L. Ron Hubbard, all sorts of philosophy. Bebop cats are like that. Curious. I wanted to know about everything.

I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.