People are trading distance for dollars.

- Ray Brown

The best time to buy a home is always five years ago.

- Ray Brown

Jazz is something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live.

- Ray Brown

The amazing thing about Sweets [Edison] was that he exactly spoke the way that he played! He was really unique, the one and only. He was one of the g…

- Ray Brown

The better it gets, the fewer of us know it.

- Ray Brown

Well, jazz is to me, a complete lifestyle. It's bigger than a word. It's a much bigger force than just something that you can say. It's something tha…

- Ray Brown

A 'For Sale' sign in your yard during the holidays is like a 'kick me' sign. You are telling buyers you are a distressed seller.

- Ray Brown

I went up to his [Hank Jones'] house and there were four guys there: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, and Max Roach. Not a bad place to b…

- Ray Brown

I will have a song that I'm in love with for a couple of months and then I'll go to something else. That's just constantly changing. And sometimes I …

- Ray Brown