The inside of the tune [the bridge] is the part that makes the outside sound good.

Just because you're not a drummer doesn't mean you don't have to keep time.

Whatever you think can’t be done, somebody will come along and do it. A genius is the one most like himself.

The only cats worth anything are the cats that take chances.

I was playing birthday parties. House-rent parties where they used to sell whisky during prohibition.

I don't have a definition of Jazz. You're just supposed to know it when you hear it.

I don't know what other people are doing - I just know about me.