We're here to have a ball..

I like the idea of an eclectic approach, incorporating jazz with other forms and other genres of music..

Start small and with your own money..

If you feel like tapping your feet, tap your feet..

Tastes are created by the business interests. How else can you explain the popularity of Al Hirt?.

There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A..

There's nothing wrong with it. It's only a word. What's in a name? Nothing! Cats say, "Call me Muhammed so-and-so. ".

Success comes from what you do, not from what you say you are going to do..

I think of myself as a complete mystery. To myself..

If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on?.

What I am is what I am. Are you what you are - or what?.

In my view a jazz musician is a great musician.

The public be damned..

Krupa's drums went through us like a triple bourbon..

The new evangelization ... begins in the confessional..

I'll tell you what can make bacon better... nothing..

I'm always looking to create new avenues or new visions of music..

It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz..

If you don't know what it is, don't mess with it..

But you don't have your druthers in life, do you?.

Ted Lewis could make the clarinet talk. What it said was put me back in the case!.