I never have any trouble playing anything I can think of. The trouble is in thinking of what to play.

I cannot play a lie. I have to believe in what I play or it won't come out.

I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life.

I've done some dastardly things but what can I do except make amends and apologize?

The value of jazz still has to be clarified. People involve themselves with its superficialities without digging for its soul.

I never have any trouble playing anything I can think of. The trouble is in thinking of what to play.

You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you.