A Legend Is An Old Man With

I Like Stan [getz], Because He Has So Much Patience, The Way He Plays Those Melodies - Other People Can't Get Nothing Out Of A Song, But He Can, Which Takes A Lot Of Imagination.

Sometimes [playing Free] Doesn't Happen, Because Maybe A Guy's Wife'll Come In, You Know, And His Ego Will Catch Him. If Everybody's Completely Just Straight-without Any Old Ladies Over Here, A Fourth Of Whisky Over There; If It's Balanced Right, It'll Come Off. It Has To Be. But When You Get Egos Involved With Playing Free, You Can't Do It.

Japanese People They Hear My Warmin' Up And They Start Screamin'. They Can Tell It's Me.it's My Tone On The Trumpet, It Sounds Like I'm Speakin'.

Jazz Is An Uncle Tom Word. They Should Stop Using That Word For Selling. I Told George Wein The Other Day That He Should Stop Using It.

Catch Harry Belafonte. He's Got A Helluva Rhythm Section.and So Have The Pointer Sisters. And That Little Guy With Sammy Clayton. He Plays The Whole Show With 40 Members.