Enjoy your faults, that's what separates you from the rest of the world.

Sell your soul to yourself. You'll make more money.

The most genius ideas are in the minds of children and lunatics. I describe myself as somewhere in between.

You can't force someone to see the truth, just like you can't force a blind man to see.

Music is the strongest form of magic.

If people are going to hate me, I want them to hate me for the right reasons

Your beautiful don't let anyone tell you different

I'm not against god, I'm against the misuse of god.

I wasn't born with enough middle fingers

I fall in love with everything I also hate everything. It’s very hard to be a misanthrope and a romantic.

The imagination is precious. Don't lose it. Don't lose the child in you.

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

What doesn't kill you is gonna leave a scar.

If you want to find out who your real friends are, sink the ship. The first ones to jump aren't your friends.

You get depressed because you know that you're not what you should be.

I always wanted to be a spontaneous composer.

In high school I was on the basketball team, but the coach did something I didn't dig and the next day he looked up and saw me practising with the football team.

I was born swinging and clapped my hands in church as a little boy, but I've grown up and I like to do things other than just swing. But blues can do more than just swing.

Most of the soloists at Birdland had to wait for Parker's next record in order to find out what to play next. What will they do now?