The better it gets, the fewer of us know it.

The amazing thing about Sweets [Edison] was that he exactly spoke the way that he played! He was really unique, the one and only. He was one of the greatest Blues players that I ever heard and played with. Nobody can play like Sweets man, nobody! Most of us, musicians, frequently quote Sweets' phrases in our solos. Like Lester Young, Sweets had a big influence on us musicians, especially when we play some Blues.

Jazz is something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live.

Coming down off crack is like the worst depression. The worst.

The better it gets, the fewer of us know it.

They played so good it was frightening. And I, of course, being young, was in awe of everything that was going on and rightly so. I mean, it was too good to believe.

Jazz is something you have to feel, something you have to live.