When I'm having a rehearsal and there are new guys who come in to try out for the job, I always let my conductor rehearse them. Because I don't want the guy to get bent out of shape, because I walk in.

Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.

Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.

Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.

If somebody don't like something that I do, that's his or her prerogative. Just like it's mine.

Just because you can't see anything , doesn't mean you should shut your eyes.

I cant retire from music any more than I can retire from my liver. Youd have to remove the music from me surgically—like you were taking out my appendix.