Im probably the only one in the world you can name thats worked with Billie Holiday, Louie Armstrong, Ella, Duke, Miles, Dizzy, Ray Charles, Aretha, Michael Jackson, rappers. Fly Me to the Moon was played on the moon by Buzz Aldrin. Sinatra. Paul Simon. Tony Bennett. Im the only one.

Every day you must be able to say, I have to get up because I'm needed by someone. As long as you have that, you're healthy.

I improvised my life along the way - I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.

I tell my kids and I tell proteges, always have humility when you create and grace when you succeed, because its not about you. You are a terminal for a higher power. As soon as you accept that, you can do it forever.

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

I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.

The people who make it to the top - whether they're musicians, or great chefs, or corporate honchos - are addicted to their calling ... [they] are the ones who'd be doing whatever it is they love, even if they weren't being paid.