People Will Go For Anything They Don't

Some Of [drummers] Drop Time Because They Want To Hear What You're Doin'.

Jazz Is Like Blues With A Shot Of Heroin!

I Would Never Try And Play Like Harry James, Because I Don't Like His Tone - For Me. It's Just White. You Know What I Mean? He Has What We Black Trumpet Players Call A White Sound. But It's For White Music ... I Can Tell A White Trumpet Player, Just Listening To A Record. There'll Be Something He'll Do That'll Let Me Know That He's White.

I Still Got My Ferrari.

I Can Tell. I'm Gifted With That, You Know. When I Hear That The Tempo Is Slightly Off, It's Hard For Me.