"Musicians are always gigging and never have a chance to stop for a minute."

"We really never know what we're gonna play when we get on stage."

"I cannot say what I think is right about music. I only know the rightness of it."

"Jazz is there and gone. It happens. You have to be present for it. That simple."

"I'm not talking ideas, or even presentation. It's like in politics: You have to sell something to become an electric player - like your skin or your heart."

"If you already have a piece of music ingrained in your body, why would you not play it?"