If you see me up there on the stand smiling, I'm lost!

- Earl Hines

I always challenge myself. I get out in deep water and I always try to get back. But I get hung up. The audience never knows, but that's when I smile…

- Earl Hines

I don't think I think when I play. I have a photographic memory for chords, and when I'm playing, the right chords appear in my mind like photographs…

- Earl Hines

I always thought jazz was like the trunk of a tree. After the tree has grown, many branches have spread out. They're all with different leaves and th…

- Earl Hines

You may have holes in your shoes, but don't let the people out front know it. Shine the tops.

- Earl Hines