Frank Sinatra

Whatever else has been said about me personally is unimportant. When I sing, I believe I’m honest.

I’m gonna live till I die.

You gotta love livin’, baby, ’cause dyin’ is a pain in the ass.

Music chooses her musicians.

There’s a sadness to all kinds of music if you want to hear it. There’s also happiness to it if you want to hear it.

I saw a vibraphone for the first time and knew immediately I had found my means of expression.

I don’t like recording studios – except my own, which is just a little room above the garage.

From hard rhythms of Be-bop, the mellow harmonies of Cool, to atonal forays of Free and the Straight Ahead delivery of Modern, it’s all Jazz.

Even if you have some brilliant jazz ideas, it’s going to be difficult to get them across unless you have 1-a distinctive sound or 2- a loud sound. These are musts.

As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be Jazz.

I’m very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it’s a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it’s because it’s something I love to do.

For me, I started on a Les Paul and went through years of playing other guitars and just came back full circle to what was more natural to me.

I’ll play it first and tell you what it is later.

The guitar chose me.

If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!

Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave it alone.

To play piano is a significant part of my life, my existence. It fulfills a very physical and spiritual need for me.

It’s either hip or it ain’t.