I just can't stand jazz/rock. I think it's the worst thing that's come down the river yet.

Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it.

Jazz comes from a tradition where it swings. Swing was the main ingredient of jazz. And once it loses the swing...well, that's it.

I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice.

If my heart could do my thinking, would my brain begin to feel?

There's always stress involved in any genre or art form, there's always going to be a struggle. If there's no struggle, you wouldn't do anything. What are you going do? Retire?

When I first started drinking, everybody was doing it. That was before they discovered marijuana and all that. It was the late 50s, early 60s - it was the beginnings of the rock 'n' roll era. The main drink was like wine. And even that was a romantic throwback to something.