Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.

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

I wanted to make somebody feel like Coltrane made me feel, listening to it.

Having heard Clifford Brown play all those fast runs, I used to really practice Clarke trumpet exercises all day long so that I could play fast. That's all I wanted to do. I was like a child with a toy.

Thank the good Lord for a job.

The musicians I respected were much older than me. I expected them to cut my head, and they did.

If you want to be different, do something different.