"It's all about the feeling, man. If you don't feel it, it ain't jazz."

"I just try to make people happy with my music."

"Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them."

"I'm a great believer in white people. I know they're going to get it right. They just taking a long time."

"You know, white folks, they got their own problems. They got to deal with them."