I Know All The Latin-american Rhythms Quite

Nothing Surpasses My Performances With Small Bands, Especially With Charlie Parker. A Small Band Doesn't Forestall Creativity.

It's Taken Me All My Life To Learn What Not To Play.

I Try To Play The Bare Essence, To Let Everything Be Just What It's Supposed To Be In That Particular Spot...you Have Many Things To Pick From When You're Playing, So You Try To Train Yourself To Pick Out The Best Things That You Know.

When I Grow Up I Want To Be Just Like Benny Carter!

I Was Blessed That I Got Married Early And Had A Good Wife. That Sort Of Kept Me Straight. Probably I Would Have Been Like Charlie Parker, You Know, Involved In Drugs Or Alcohol Or Something Like That If I Hadn't Had This Stability.