Always pack your uniform on top..
I'd like to do something involving jazz. But books are how I earn my living, and I'd like to stay with the horse I rode in on..
I'd like to feel that whatever I play is a result of whatever I've heard..
The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy..
Jazz is one of the least learnable art forms..
We always talk about how everyone is unifocal. You can't possibly be interested in jazz and Beethoven. Of course you can. You can't both be reading a….
Keith Moon is not interested in Jazz and won't ever be a Jazz drummer because he's more interested in looking good and being screamed at..
Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet..
There are no natural barriers. It's all music. It's either hip or it ain't..
It's either hip or it ain't..
When I joined the band I didn't know any of the tunes, and when I left the band I didn't know any of the tunes!.
I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on ….
Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners..
I am a complete jazz nerd..
There are a million good tunes..
Jazz is the language of the emotions..
I think jazz is good, but I don't enjoy it. It's not for me..
If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis..
Once you discover that you can, then you must..
It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most..
You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues..