I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up in the morning and see the light.

It’s not the note you play that’s the wrong note – it’s the note you play afterwards that makes it right or wrong.

If you don't know what to play, play nothing.

The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.

A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.

I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.

Always look ahead, but never look back.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.