Do Not Fear Mistakes. There Are None.

In Europe, They Like Everything You Do. The Mistakes And Everything. That's A Little Bit Too Much.

I Don't Hold It Against Dizzy [gillespie], You Know, But If A Guy Wants To Play A Certain Way, You Work Towards That. If He Stops - He's Full Of Crap, You Know. I Mean, I Wouldn't Do It, For No Money, Or For No Place In The White Man's World. Not Just To Make Money, Because Then You Don't Have Anything. You Don't Have As Much Money As Whoever You're Trying To Ape; That's Making Money By Being Commercial. Then You Don't Have Anything To Give The World; So You're Not Important. You Might As Well Be Dead.

You Can Tell Whether A Person Plays Well Or Not By The Way He Carries The Instrument, Whether It Means Something To Him Or Not.

It Takes You Years To Learn How To Play Like Yourself.

I Can Hear What I Want [people] To Play. If You Don't Hear What You Want Someone To Play, Then You Can't Tell 'em.