I was the most subtle person in the world.

Eight kids and a stepmother, and I just wanted to be out of there and so when I got a scholarship from Boston to the Schillinger House, which is now the Berklee School of Music, I couldn't wait to get out of there.

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.

Whenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive - but that was totally subconscious.

Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.

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

Jazz has the power to make men forget their differences and come together... Jazz is the personification of transforming overwhelmingly negative circumstances into freedom, friendship, hope, and dignity.