Other Than Conversation, No Other Art Form

My Dark Sound Could Be Heard Across A Room Clearer Than Somebody With A Reedy Sound. It Had More Projection. My Sound Always Seemed To Fill A Room.

Hearing Myself So Much All The Time, I Don't Think I Sound That Special All The Time Because It's Me.

There Are Four Qualities Essential To A Great Jazzman. They Are Taste, Courage, Individuality, And Irreverence.

I Never Consciously Tried To Conceive Of What My Sound Should Be...i Never Tried To Imitate Anybody, But When You Love Somebody's Music, You're Influenced...i Really Don't Know How I Developed My Sound, But It Comes From A Combination Of My Musical Conception And No Doubt The Basic Shape Of The Oral Cavity.

I've Always Regretted The Fact That I've Never Formally Studied And Learned The Mechanics Of Writing Music.