The Most Important Thing I Look For

If You Have A Great Band With A Mediocre Drummer, You Have A Mediocre Band. If You Have A Mediocre Band With A Great Drummer, You Have A Great Band!

Now I Can Say Loudly And Openly What I Have Been Saying To Myself On My Knees.

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.

Dancing Is Very Important To People Who Play Music With A Beat. I Think That People Who Don't Dance, Or Who Never Did Dance, Don't Really Understand The Beat... I Know Musicians Who Don't And Never Did Dance, And They Have Difficulty Communicating.

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