The Idea Of Life Is To Give

You Can't Steal A Gift. Bird [charlie Parker] Gave The World His Music, And If You Can Hear It You Can Have It.

Some Days You Get Up And Put The Horn To Your Chops And It Sounds Pretty Good And You Win. Some Days You Try And Nothing Works And The Horn Wins. This Goes On And On And Then You Die And The Horn Wins.

Learn To Play The Piano, Man, And Then You Can Figure Out Crazy Solos Of Your Own.

The Idea Of Life Is To Give And Receive.

Many Critics Always Saw And Heard That My Style Comes From Roy Eldridge, Which Is True. But For Many Things, Not Only How To Play The Trumpet But The Way To Choose The Notes, How To Play Them And How To Phrase All Of Them, I Took That From Sweets [edison]. He Really Brought Something New To The Trumpet.