Music is supposed to wash away the dust of everyday life.

You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues - you can't seperate it. Because that's where it all started, and that's where it all come from - that's where I learned to keep rhythm - in church.

A name doesn’t make the music. It’s just called that to differentiate it from other types of music.

They say that Jazz is back, and I don’t think it’s gone anywhere. But they say it’s back.

There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s only a word. What’s in a name? Nothing! Cats say, “Call me Muhammed so-and-so. ”

Jazz, I mean, music will always move, because it can’t become stagnant. Because if it becomes stagnant, it’s like a river, it’ll kill us all. It has to keep moving, music will always flow.

You can’t separate modern jazz from rock or from rhythm and blues – you can’t separate it. Because that’s where it all started, and that’s where it all come from – that’s where I learned to keep rhythm – in church.

We’re here to have a ball.

Jazz washes away the dust of every day life.

so go on and play, and if you make a mistake, make it loud so you won't make it next time.