Music is what I hear and something that I live by.
By and large Jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with.
A goal is a dream with a finish line.
There is no art without intention.
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with.
Roaming through the jungle of ‘oohs’ and ‘ahs’, searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats.
I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right.
Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It’s not an occupation or profession, it’s a compulsion.
My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.
I’m sure critics have their purpose, and they’re supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what he did.
Playing bop’ is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
Critics get a little carried away with what someone should have done, rather than what he did.
If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.
What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?
It’s all music.
There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind.
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
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