My first guitar, a Fender Jazz Master, I traded it in for a Les Paul Deluxe..

There are Two Secrets to Success: 1. Don't tell ANYONE Everything you know 2.If you have to ask what Jazz is, you'll never know..

Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone..

It's always fun to talk about jazz..

Jazz is the music of the body..

Jazz musicians like John Coltrane needed these very clear titles for their abstract music, and your decision to bring voices into your music as a way….

It's not jazz as we know jazz here in America..

Jazz is a constant theme in my life. My father is a jazz pianist, and from an early age I have been surrounded by it..

Jazz, like leadership, combines the unpredictability of the future with the gifts of individuals..

Jazz is the language of the emotions..

The human being receives the pleasure from music, not from the argument over what it is..

Well if I could play like Wynton, I wouldn't play like Wynton..

I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey..

A lot of jazz is like that; it sells over a period of time..

Everybody in Germany was for the -German cause. But then, after the war ended, when I heard the first Glenn Miller sound on the radio and these fanta….

Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it..

What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it..

Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one..

Everything I do is Mingus..

I always wanted to be a spontaneous composer..

I'm very glad to have met you. I like your playing very much..