What's interesting about a person without problems?.
The true beauty of music is that it connects people..
Music is the framework around the silence..
Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand..
I am an arrogant and impatient listener, but in the case of a few composers, a very few, when I hear a work I do not like, I am convinced that it is ….
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful..
Don't make the mistakes I made of not taking care of myself. Please, keeps your chops cool and don't overblow. If you are going to play hard, be sure….
Music stops you from thinking..
We might as well swing boys, because Stravinsky cuts us all..
How great musicians demonstrate a mutual respect and trust on the bandstand can alter your outlook on the world and enrich every aspect of your life,….
Being the foundation is what I live for, some people call it being in the pocket, some people call it a groove. I think it's the heartbeat. There's….
Don't be a drag. Just be a queen..
If it doesn't come from your heart, music just doesn't work..
Jazz music is the power of now. There is no script. It's conversation. The emotion is given to you by musicians as they make split-second decisions t….
Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept..
They always want to sell me as a hard bopper..
Jazz isn't like pop, where you sell millions of records with a hit. Your spirit and soul aren't important in pop music. But jazz is like classical mu….
The model of a composer..
[Lee Morgan] was the only young cat that scared me when he played. He had so much fire and natural feeling. I had more technique, but he had that fee….
I run around, I listen to a lot of music, go to a lot of concerts. And when I see someone that gases me, I try to go out of my way to involve them so….
Music is either good or bad, and it's got to be learned. You got to have balance..