Those who want to know what sound goes into my music should come to NY and open their ears.

I compose my pieces with a formula that I created myself.

Trying to explain music is like trying to dance architecture.

I never though much about race.

The loudest noise in the world is silence.

Be-bop wasn't developed in any deliberate way.

I don't know where jazz is going. Maybe it's going to hell. You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.