Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things.

[Jazz] went from the classics to ragtime to Dixieland to swing to bebop to cool jazz, . . . But it's always jazz. You can put a new dress on her, a new hat, but no matter what kind of clothes you put on her, she's the same old broad.

I'm motivated. The spirit hits me and I just keep going and don't stop. The more I play, the more I can invent, the more ideas come to me.

Gratitude is the conscience of memory

Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.

The secret is keeping busy, and loving what you do.