I didn't know Charlie Parker well, but I spent some time with him, and he was articulate and well-spoken with a lot of curiosity about music and the …

- Benny Carter

It (Strayhorn's Compositions) made us all think a little differently about what we were doing

- Benny Carter

He's no Bill Clinton!

- Benny Carter

In all honesty, I think I just played what I felt was right for me. And I think I would have done the same thing, even if I'd been born later, when C…

- Benny Carter

Get up from the piano ... Oscar is in the house. Who wants to be at the piano when Oscar is there? Find something else to do.

- Benny Carter

At my age, I realize that my most precious possession is time, and I've got too much unfinished work to do to spend even a minute talking about mysel…

- Benny Carter