The loudest noise in the world is silence.

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

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.

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

I never though much about race.

I was playing birthday parties. House-rent parties where they used to sell whisky during prohibition.

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