The real power of Jazz is that a group of people can come together and create improvised art and negotiate their agendas... and that negotiation is the art

The rebuilding of New Orleans is an important point in the history of the United States.

Don't worry about what others say about your music. Pursue whatever you are hearing... but if everybody really hates your music maybe you could try some different approaches.

Ethics are more important than laws. Which means that the exact note is less important than the feeling of the note.

Many of our greatest musicians abandoned all of their aesthetic objectives to try to become pertinent. And, at the end of the day, they never became pop stars. I counter stated that very strongly, and I continue to do that.

Don't bullshit' just play.

Art is a luxury. It's not necessary for you to - you can work your job and you can make some money and never know who Walt Whitman was, and never read a poem.