I've Gotten Hernias From Drummers When They

Sometimes, If You Ask People To "go Downstairs And Get Me This Or That," They'll Say, "it's Rainin" Or "it Might Rain," Or "there's Some Bumpy Roads On The Road," Or Bla-bla-bla. They Give You All Those Excuses, So When They Do Something Which Is Easy, You're Supposed To Say, "damn, You Did That?"

Everybody Ought To Listen To Benny [carter]. He's A Whole Musical Education.

I Couldn't Do "what's Love Got To Do With It", Tina Turner Because It Wasn't The Right Tempo; So I Scratched It From The Record. I Wanted To Do It About A Year Ago, But Something Happened.

The Music Has Gotten Thick. Guys Give Me Tunes And They're Full Of Chords. I Can't Play Them...i Think A Movement In Jazz Is Beginning Away From The Conventional String Of Chords, And A Return To Emphasis On Melodic Rather Than Harmonic Variation. There Will Be Fewer Chords But Infinite Possibilities As To What To Do With Them.

My Father's Rich, My Momma's Good Looking. Right? And I Can Play The Blues. I've Never Suffered And Don't Intend To Suffer.