My Ego Only Needs A Good Rhythm

I Keep Telling Ron Lorman And Them In The Control Room, "it's My Band! The Reason I Have A Band Is Because I Can't Stand For Somebody To Tell Me What To Do."

If You Understood Everything I Say, You'd Be Me!

I Began To Realize That Some Of The Things Ornette Coleman Had Said About Things Being Played Three Or Fours Ways, Independently Of Each Other, Were True Because Bach Had Also Composed That Way.

Maybe You Play A Melody Twice. You Play It Once Like You Like It, And Some Parts That You Don't Like You Can Just Switch. An Eight-bar Motive - You Can Just Take It And Put It In The Front Or Back Or Something Like That. It Can Save You 50 Or 60 Or 70,000 Dollars, A Drum Machine. That's Why Everybody Uses It.

Americans Don't Like Any Form Of Art, Man. All They Like To Do Is Make Money. They Don't Like Me, Sammy Davis, Or Anybody Else. They Don't Like Nothing. They Just Like Sammy Because He Can Make 'em A Lot Of Money.