We Don't Play To Be Seen. I'm

If You Have A Tone Like Mine That Is Recognizable. No Matter What I Play, When You Hear My Tone You Can Tell It's Me.

If I Have A Dynamite Bass Player - I Have Darryl Jones - It's So Easy To Write For Him Because He's Such A Funky Kid And He's Gifted. He's Like A Little Genius.

Monk Was A Gentle Person, Gentle And Beautiful, But He Was Strong As An Ox. And If I Had Ever Said Something About Punching Monk Out In Front Of His Face - And I Never Did - Then Somebody Should Have Just Come And Got Me And Taken Me To The Madhouse, Because Monk Could Have Just Picked My Little Ass Up And Thrown Me Through A Wall.

I Never Thought Jazz Was Meant To Be A Museum Piece Like Other Dead Things Once Considered Artistic.

You Know Why I Quit Playing Ballads? Cause I Love Playing Ballads.