I was a young cat, and I was very fast, but I wasn't telling no kind of story.

- Roy Eldridge

I'd listened to [Ornette Coleman] all kinds of ways. I listened to him high and I listened to him cold sober. I even played with him. I think he's ji…

- Roy Eldridge

I resolved to play my trumpet like a sax.

- Roy Eldridge

I didn't know the right names for anything at first, but I knew what knocked me out. Changes... man I dug.

- Roy Eldridge