And if I have a strong point, it's that I like to believe it's not cheap or schmaltzy sentimentality.

- Toots Thielemans

Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden!

- Toots Thielemans

The harmonica is a great instrument.

- Toots Thielemans

My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine.

- Toots Thielemans

My parents had a pub and each Sunday there was an accordionist. They have told me that when I was in my cradle, I already was imitating the gestures …

- Toots Thielemans

You can be in Tokyo or Alberta at four in the morning in your hotel and you can still practice if you feel like it. A trombone cannot do that at four…

- Toots Thielemans

My parents had a sidewalk cafe: every Sunday there was an accordion player and apparently I went through the motions, squeezing a shoebox. One of the…

- Toots Thielemans

Jazz is very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians playing Jazz music.

- Toots Thielemans