They didn't dictate to me as to what kind of music that they wanted me to play or what tunes, what musicians that I was going to use. They let me do ….
Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate upon it in order to get the most of it. You must absorb most of it. The harmonies within the mus….
Freedom is about what you can unleash..
Can we rename [Taylor Swift] Pinocchio Swift?.
Improv is mostly what I've studied..
I don't like to go out in general..
Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate in order to get the most out of it. You must absorb it..
Anytime a person can play the blues, he has a soul and he has a 'lift' to play anything else he wants to play. It's sort of like the foundation to a ….
We all have to open our minds, stretch forth, take chances and venture out musically to try and arrive at something new and different..
Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music. I….
I anticipated all the changes in jazz because they were all problematical things, that I was dealing with myself. In New York in the late '50s, there….
What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent..
I would like to get drafted at all and I will be happy to play for whoever drafts me..
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'..
I never, ever would or did rob anyone in my life..
I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out..
I have to do what's right..
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom..
This depravation of our nature is nothing else but the blotting of God's image in us..
Power interrupts. Uninterruptible power interrupts absolutely..
I love what I do, and I intend to keep playing..