Don't play everything (or every time); let some things go by... What you don't play can be more important than what you do.

Don't play everything (or every time); let some things go by... What you don't play can be more important than what you do.

Jazz is freedom. You think about that.

There are no wrong notes; some are just more right than others.

The piano ain't got no wrong notes.

Miles'd got killed if he hit me.

Man, that cat [Ornette Coleman] is nuts.