Trane was the father. Pharoah was the son. I was the holy ghost..

What came first – the music or the misery? Did I listen to the music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to the music? Do ….

When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that..

We must be as pure as our music..

I am not an African. I am an American..

People who make music together cannot be enemies, at least while the music lasts..

Politics is a highly tribal business..

No one survives life..

Nothing exists without music, for the universe itself is said to have been framed by a kind of harmony of sounds, and the heaven itself revolves unde….

My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company..

Talent is only the starting point..

Charge for something and make more than you spend..

If you push too much for somebody that everyone knows is your friend, and that you've worked with before, it can backfire..

Strength is for service, not status.

Bebop was like humming along to Mitch Miller to me..

There are notes between notes, you know..

It is agreed that all sound which is the material of music is of three sorts. First is harmonica, which consists of vocal music; second is organica, ….

Music is the healing force of the universe..

You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues..

I don't pull, I just receive..

You can change so many things in your life, but you cannot change where you come from. It's something that you have to deal with: the role everybody ….