A lot of the guys were like that - Oscar Pettiford - they just took me under their wing, and that's why I automatically help young people. I just love it, because they did that for me.

I'd been in love before - I was always in love.

Prince.. a true artist in every sense of the world.Gone way too soon.

I look back and say, "This must have been somebody else." I am not going to tell you that when I was 4, I dreamed about all of this.

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.

Count Basie practically adopted me at 13. We became closer and closer and I ended up conducting for him and Sinatra.

You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.