A Musical Profit Outweighs A Financial Loss.

The Word [jazz] Never Lost Its Association With Those New Orleans Bordellos. In The 1920s I Used To Try To Convince Fletcher Henderson That We Ought To Call What We Were Doing 'negro Music'. But It's Too Late For That Now.

There Are 2 Rules In Life: Number 1- Never Quit Number2- Never Forget Rule Number 1.

I Never Had Much Interest In The Piano Until I Realized That Every Time I Played, A Girl Would Appear On The Piano Bench To My Left And Another To My Right.

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.

There Is No Art When One Does Something Without Intention.