My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
From Duke Ellington
Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
It's like an act of murder; you play with intent to commit something.
Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.
The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it.
Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.
I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what they did.
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