I didn't know there were 2 ten o'clocks in a day.

Whatever you think can’t be done, somebody will come along and do it. A genius is the one most like himself.

I say, play your own way. Don't play what the public want - you play what you want and let the public pick up on what you doing - even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years.

Sometimes it's to your advantage for people to think you're crazy

The loudest noise in the world is silence.

There are no wrong notes; some are just more right than others.

Trying to explain music is like trying to dance architecture.

Jazz is freedom. You think about that.

Don't play everything (or every time); let some things go by... What you don't play can be more important than what you do.

Jazz is my adventure. I'm after new chords, new ways of syncopating, new figures, new runs. How to use notes differently. That's it. Just using notes differently.

The only cats worth anything are the cats that take chances.

All the calculus, quantum mechanics and languages in the world are worthless pieces of information, if they are not brought to the service of the society.

The funniest thing people say to me: "I wish I had your life". Hello! I make a living writing about it.

Being healthy is sufficient proof of one having a strong character. The rest is subjective.

Basketball is sort of an interesting sport that, you know, the top player on your team makes so much more of an impact than the top player in any other sport.

Slavery is the next thing to hell.

I hit the highway, making money the fly way; But there's got to be a better way.

I, like most people, came out to Hollywood to get into movies.

The consumer is both culprit and victim of the confusion on quality.

There's no way in hell I could have achieved what I have without being a good student and listening to the wisdom of others

Some things are better done than described.