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

I made the wrong mistakes

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

I always believed in being myself.

I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money.

When I was a kid, some of the guys would try to get me to hate white people for what they've been doing to Negroes, and for a while I tried real hard. But every time I got to hating them, some white guy would come along and mess the whole thing up.

I can shoot pool, and I can play ping-pong. I'm pretty good at those games.