We're blues people. And blues never lets tragedy have the last word.

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

Everything about the swing is about some guideline and some grid and the elegant way that you negotiate your way through that grid.

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

How great musicians demonstrate a mutual respect and trust on the bandstand can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every aspect of your life, understanding what it means to be a global citizen in the most modern sense.

Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance.

Jazz is democracy in music.