Don't Play What's There, Play What's Not

See, If You Put A Musician In A Place Where He Has To Do Something Different From What He Does All The Time, Then He Can Do That - But He's Got To Think Differently In Order To Do It. He's Got To Play Above What He Knows - Far Above It. I've Always Told The Musicians In My Band To Play What They Know And Then Play Above That. Because Then Anything Can Happen, And That's Where Great Art And Music Happens.

When The Band Plays Fast, You Play Slow; When The Band Plays Slow, You Play Fast.

Drummers - Sometimes They Play And They Listen. And That Little Listen Takes A Speck Away From The Right Tempo.

All My Inspiration Comes From Ahmad Jamal.

I've Come Close To Matching The Feeling Of That Night In 1944 In Music, When I First Heard Diz And Bird, But I've Never Got There. . . . I'm Always Looking For It, Listening And Feeling For It, Though, Trying To Always Feel It In And Through The Music I Play Everyday.