I have to listen to New York; I live there. I wasn't born there, but I've been living there all my life.

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

I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money.

Jazz is my adventure. I'm after new chords, new ways of syncopating, new figures, new runs. How to use notes differently. That's it. Just using notes differently.

The inside of the tune [the bridge] is the part that makes the outside sound good.

I have to listen to New York; I live there. I wasn't born there, but I've been living there all my life.

Trying to explain music is like trying to dance architecture.