A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.
I'll play it first and tell you what it is later.
That was my gift -- having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go letting them play what they knew, and above it.
My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
Bebop was about change, about evolution. It wasn't about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
Sometimes you have to play for a long time to be able to play like yourself.
I think therefore I am' is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches.
The reason I dont play ballads? Because I love to play them.
Do not fear mistakes, there are none.
First you imitate, then you innovate.