Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.
I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
It's just that some people are lucky and people still seem to enjoy the music.
The music is going to die if you don't tap into something that people today can relate to.
Within reasonable limits, a professional player should keep busy at music.
I'll play with a hundred pieces or do a solo job.
Surfers have the most attitude.
Ain't no chance if you don't take it.
A suit is a sign of respect.
Well, I met Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan in the space of 15 minutes. Frank Sinatra kissed me on the lips. He kissed me on the lips. And then he gave me a filterless cigarette. And then I met Bob Dylan. I came off all lightheaded and had to go sit on h...
Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains.
There is a modern take on certain things you can do that, to me, is still jazz.
What advice do I tell my grandson? I listen to him.
Records used to be documents, but now record companies want product.
And when I play they know I exist, and it leaves a space when I go.
The most fun is to play clubs, because you actually get to see the people.
I write songs from the heart, and I don't hold back.
a man without dreams is a man without hope, if a man loses his hope, he is as good as dead ...
I have no idea what I'm doin'. I've never seen me.
Traveling these days has a lot of problems and also it wears you out more.
What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate.
