Some musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that..

Music's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are..

Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz..

I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist..

Slap some keys on her and we'll have a piano..

I'm always looking for ways to develop as a Jazz artist, to find different ways of using my voice..

I was never interested in singing in the church or school. I was more interested in becoming a musician..

Next to music beer was best..

But right now we have an advantage of being the number one in music..

Paint pictures with sound. First, find your white-the deepest, roundest sound you can play on the guitar. Then, find your black-which is the most ext….

Of the whole bunch of guys who play hollow body guitar, I think Herb Ellis has the most drive.

I once sent him a song and asked him to mark a cross wherever he thought it was faulty. Brahms returned it untouched, saying 'I don't want to make a ….

Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues..

Keep on listening & tapping your feet..

Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself..

If you play a tune and a person don't tap their feet, don't play the tune..

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….

It's very difficult for me to dislike an artist. No matter what he's creating, the fact that he's experiencing the joy of creation makes me feel like….

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing..

I can play all I know in eight bars..

Creative Arts raise a person to another level of consciousness as if you could imagine life before words..