I say, play your own way. Don't play what the public want - you play what you want and let the public pick up on what you doing - even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years.
Jazz is my adventure.
There are no wrong notes; some are just more right than others.
Anybody talented in any way - they're called eccentric.
The only cats worth anything are the cats that take chances.
Just because you're not a drummer doesn't mean you don't have to keep time.