The piano ain't got no wrong notes.
I didn't know there were 2 ten o'clocks in a day.
I played the wrong wrong notes.
If you really understand the meaning of be-bop, you understand the meaning of freedom.
I made the wrong mistakes
Anybody talented in any way - they're called eccentric.
I don't know where jazz is going. Maybe it's going to hell. You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.
The majority of juice-heads and winos and junkies arent musicians.
The inside of the tune [the bridge] is the part that makes the outside sound good.
I have to listen to New York; I live there. I wasn't born there, but I've been living there all my life.
I always believed in being myself.
We have two kids, my wife and myself.
Jazz is my adventure.
Miles'd got killed if he hit me.
I find my inspiration in myself.
I compose my pieces with a formula that I created myself.
I was playing birthday parties. House-rent parties where they used to sell whisky during prohibition.
I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money.
I never though much about race.
All musicians are potential band leaders.
Be-bop wasn't developed in any deliberate way.
Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz.
Man, that cat [Ornette Coleman] is nuts.
I can shoot pool, and I can play ping-pong. I'm pretty good at those games.
