I didn't know there were 2 ten o'clocks in a day.

If you really understand the meaning of be-bop, you understand the meaning of freedom.

After two takes you're imitating yourself.

A note can be as small as a pin or as big as the world, it depends on your imagination.

Man, that cat [Ornette Coleman] is nuts.

It can't be any new note. When you look at the keyboard, all the notes are there already. But if you mean a note enough, it will sound different. You got to pick the notes you really mean!

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