Music Is An Addiction.

I Can Tell. I'm Gifted With That, You Know. When I Hear That The Tempo Is Slightly Off, It's Hard For Me.

The Only Reason To Write A New Song Is Because You're Tired Of The Old Ones.

Birth Of The Cool' Became A Collector's Item, I Think, Out Of A Reaction To Bird And Dizzy's Music. Bird And Diz Played This Hip, Real Fast Thing, And If You Weren't A Fast Listener, You Couldn't Catch The Humor Or The Feeling In Their Music. Their Musical Sound Wasn't Sweet, And It Didn't Have Harmonic Lines That You Could Easily Hum Out On The Street With Your Girlfriend Trying To Get Over With A Kiss.

There Are No Wrong Notes In Jazz: Only Notes In The Wrong Places.

Music Is A Funny Thing When You Really Come To Think About It.