My Father's Rich, My Momma's Good Looking.

If You're Going To Drop Behind, You Have To Keep It There.

In High School I Was Best In Music Class On The Trumpet, But The Prizes Went To The Boys With Blue Eyes. I Made Up My Mind To Outdo Anybody White On My Horn.

You Have To Practice For A Long Time Before You Can Learn To Sound Like Yourself

If You Have A Tone Like Mine That Is Recognizable. No Matter What I Play, When You Hear My Tone You Can Tell It's Me.

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.