After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it's worse than ever.

Billy Strayhorn wrote Multicolored Blue. Billy to me is the boss of the arrangers.

It has been proven time and time again in countless studies that students who actively participate in arts education are twice as likely to read for pleasure, have strengthened problem-solving and critical thinking skills, are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement, four times more likely to participate in a math and science fair.

A person's age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.

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

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

I used to practice piano for hours, and now, with a synthesizer, you can input the music and the machine perfects the song. That's why we have so many people in the music business who should be plumbers. They don't really understand music because they haven't been trained.