Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it.

You got to love to be able to play

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.

I don't need words. It's all in the phrasing.

We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.

If it hadn't been for Jazz, there wouldn't be no rock and roll.

If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out.

I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand.

A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.

The best I can do is stay happy.

To jazz, or not to jazz, there is no question!

And I think to myself what a wonderful world. Oh, yeah.

I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right - shame on you.

Each man has his own music bubbling up inside him.

My whole life, my whole soul, my whole spirit is to blow that horn.

What we play is life.

Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.

Don't do nothing halfway, else you find yourself dropping more than can be picked up.

Why should women not be a martyr for her cause?