Music is the art of all the invisible things that are real. Art, emotion, spiritual essence, consciousness - these things are hard to prove. Music helps you to focus on your sound. We understand that for very young kids.

I try to put a lot of our music in my music - by that I mean of American music.

Jazz is democracy in music.

Jazz is not the kind of music you are going to learn to play in three or four years or that you can just get because you have some talent for music.

Those who play for applause....Tha t’s all they get.

New Orleans - the real New Orleans - is the soul of the country.

I had to figure out how to survive in New York, and most of my time was occupied in getting an apartment and getting money. A lot of older jazz guys looked out for me and found me gigs and places to stay.