It's the hardest thing for a young player to develop. At the same time a young player also has to deliver their musicality to the audience. I'm still…

- Jimmy Heath

Teaching is learning. When you're teaching full-time you have to do research, stay current.

- Jimmy Heath

Preparing to improvise is at a level commensurate with mastering the structure in a European classical piece. Another way to define improvisation is …

- Jimmy Heath

I prefer music where melody, harmony and rhythm come together and no one element overshadows the other. Jazz at its best is a democracy of creativity.

- Jimmy Heath

Jazz isn't as profitable for labels like Hip hop or Rap. Jazz needs subsidies to continue, just like European classical works of Bach and Beethoven a…

- Jimmy Heath

You don't need sunglasses inside a building in the middle of the night.

- Jimmy Heath

Playboys' was an authentic junkie record. Art Pepper was just out of jail, Chet was arrested a week after the session, and piano player Carl Perkins …

- Jimmy Heath

I had to agonize over my selection since our music is so rich and all the above plus many others have contributed.

- Jimmy Heath