To keep creating you have to be about change.

My ego only needs a good rhythm section

The way you change and help music is by tryin' to invent new ways to play

You should never be comfortable, man. Being comfortable fouled up a lot of musicians.

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.

At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks to Duke Ellington.

I'll play it first and figure out what it's called later.

People will go for anything they don't understand if it's got enough hype.

Jazz is the big brother of Revolution. Revolution follows it around.

We don't play to be seen. I'm addicted to music, not audiences.

Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!

I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.

Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.

You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.

If you're not nervous then you're not paying attention.

If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!

My future starts when I wake up every morning.

It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play.

Do not fear mistakes. There are none.