I Compulsively Reach For Perfection In Music,

You Can Read All The Textbooks And Listen To All The Records, But You Have To Play With Musicians That Are Better Than You.

Other Than Conversation, No Other Art Form Can Give The Satisfaction Of Spontaneous Interaction Like Jazz.

I Appreciate Men Like Ben Webster And Coleman Hawkins Very Much.

I Never Consciously Tried To Conceive Of What My Sound Should Be.

I Cannot Play A Lie. I Have To Believe In What I Play Or It Won't Come Out.