Teddy Wilson, I think, said a little while ago that its much easier to come in and play whatever comes into your mind, without obeying any of the law….

When people ask me how is it I was a musician, I facetiously say that I'm a firm believer in reincarnation and in a previous life I was Johann Sebast….

I always tell people, it took me 10 minutes and 35 years in the business. I get tired of playing it ["Lullaby of Birdland"], but not of collecting th….

We're travelling for about nine-and-a-half months a year..

I haven't written an awful lot recently, but I think I probably will start again very shortly. Being so much on the road, when you have a couple of w….

I don't like freedom jazz - I think it's void of roots and void of foundation..

If you establish an identity, you build a monster-and thats right, youve got to live with it. Of course, you can enjoy it, too..

Perfect retention. I dont think I could do that-Ive never disciplined myself to do it.I suppose a lot of it is a question of discipline. Which improv….

In Braille you write your flat sign first and then your note..

When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the show with Ella, so I would get a ch….

Learn the rules and then break them in such a way as to exercise good taste..

My affiliation with England is borne out by the fact that I do come back for periodic visits..

You know, when you've established a certain thing, what can you do? You're stuck with it..

The way it works: The orchestra plays a few selections of its own and I terminate the first part of the programme on piano, usually with a movement f….

Can anybody be given creativity? No. Only equipment to develop it if it's in them in the first place..