There Are No Wrong Notes.

I've Always Told The Musicians In My Band To Play What They Know And Then Play Above That. Because Then Anything Can Happen, And That's Where Great Art And Music Happens.

Tom Jones Is Funny To Me, Man. I Mean, He Really Tries To Ape Ray Charles And Sammy Davis, You Know. He's Nice-looking; He Looks Good Doing It. I Mean, If I Was Him, I'd Do The Same Thing. If I Was Only Thinking About Making Money.

Bebop Didn't Have The Humanity Of Duke Ellington. It Didn't Even Have That Recognizable Thing. Bird And Diz Were Great, Fantastic, Challenging — But They Weren't Sweet.

Knowledge Is Freedom And Ignorance Is Slavery

It Takes A Long Time To Sound Like Yourself.