Jazz Is The Language Of The Emotions.

I'm Too Busy Playing. When I'm Playing I Don't Pay Attention To Who's Listening. When I Was Listening I Listened To Symphony Orchestras, Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Stravinsky. You Don't Listen To One Instrument; You Listen To Music.

Making The Complicated Simple Is True Creativity.

If Charlie Parker Were A Gunslinger, There'd Be A Whole Lot Of Dead Copycats

Just Because I'm Playing Jazz I Don't Forget About Me. I Play Or Write Me, The Way I Feel, Through Jazz, Or Whatever.

I Admire Anyone Who Can Come Up With Something Original. But Not Originality Alone, Because There Can Be Originality In Stupidity, With No Musical Description Of Any Emotion Or Any Beauty The Man Has Seen, Or Any Kind Of Life He Has Lived.