Stop before you’re done.
I really liked Wynton when I first met him. He’s still a nice young man, only confused.
Do not fear mistakes, there are none.
Music and life are all about style.
So What or Kind of Blue were done in that era, the right hour, the right day. It’s over; it’s on the record.
Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.
Music is an addiction.
Sometimes I wish I could walk up to my music for the first time, as if I had never heard it before.
Never lose the groove to find a note.
I’m not claiming divinity. I’ve never claimed purity of soul. I’ve never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can… But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.
It pulled me like a magnet, jazz did, because it was a way that I could express myself.
Everybody has somebody that they patterned themselves after.
You get that right tickin’ rhythm, man and its ON!
Every day when I sit down to play, I learn something new.
For years the trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We starved.
You have a mentor or teacher and you learn all he can show you.
I dont do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldnt care less. If it sells one, it sells one.
People will always need love, romance, a tender touch and really personal and deeply felt music.
I can count on one hand the number of instrumental hits there have been over the last 10 years.
Never play anything the same way twice.
Just because I’m playing Jazz I don’t forget about me. I play or write me the way I feel through Jazz.
Jazz isn’t the kind of music you’re going to learn in 3 or 4 years or get because you have talent for music.
