I Prefer No One To Teach Me.

I Was Always Very Aware Of Drummers. My Oldest Brother Henry Was A Drummer, And He Drummed On Everything In The House From The Kitchen Sink To Stovepipes. He Was The First Drummer In The Gil Evans Orchestra, So You've Got To Know How Great He Was.

Jazz Is About Freedom Within Discipline. Usually A Dictatorship Like In Russia And Germany Will Prevent Jazz From Being Played Because It Just Seemed To Represent Freedom, Democracy And The United States.

I’m Beginning To Understand Myself. But It Would Have Been Great To Be Able To Understand Myself When I Was 20 Rather Than When I Was 82.

It's Like A Whole Orchestra, The Piano For Me. And Also It's To Me The Greatest Instrument. I Shouldn't Say That, But I Believe That This Is The Only Instrument I Can Really Feel Happy About Playing.

Do You Think Duke Ellington Didn't Listen To Debussy? Louis Armstrong Loved Opera, Did You Know That? Name Me A Jazz Pianist Who Wasn't Influenced By European Music!