I've done some dastardly things but what can I do except make amends and apologize?
There are four qualities essential to a great jazzman. they are taste, courage, individuality, and irreverence.
I cannot play a lie. I have to believe in what I play or it won't come out.
Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it. We were more dedicated. We didn't have a choice.
You don't rehearse jazz to death to get the camera angles.
Other than conversation, no other art form can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction like Jazz.