The hardest thing for a musician to learn is how to play WITH people. That's what made the Basie rhythm section..

I've always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome..

R&B is not a fad; it's the truth..

Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that god gave me to use. I'm happy with that..

There is always a piano in an hotel drawing-room, on which, of course, some one of the forlorn ladies is generally employed. I do not suppose that t….

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary….

LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure..

Back in those days, all us skinny white British kids were trying to look cool and sound black. And there was Hendrix, the ultimate in black cool. Eve….

I hate music, especially when it's played..

Don't use your brain to play it, let your feelings guide your fingers..

To his orchestra Stop da music, stop da music! You're supposed to follow da music, not chase it all over da place..

Anybody can do anything, it's up to themselves. All it takes is the right intentions..

The road to life is rocky, and you may stumble too. So while you point your fingers, someone else is judging you..

In the abundance of water a fool is thirsty..

I have never seen faces, but because I have looked people in the eye, only their gazes..

Rests always sound well..

We're here to have a ball..

I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist..

What reason has one for existing other than to be involved with what is actually being created in your particular time?.

Even experimental composers, revolutionary composers, self-styled radicals are, in writing revolutionary music, recognizing the music that preceded t….

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?.