All them weird chords which don't mean a thing...you got no melody to remember, and no beat to dance to

Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans. It has given me something to live for.

Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.

Don't do nothing halfway, else you find yourself dropping more than can be picked up.

What we play is life.

I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right - shame on you.

If I don’t practice for a day, I know it. If I don’t practice for two days, the critics know it. And if I don’t practice for three days, the public knows it.

Each man has his own music bubbling up inside him.

And I think to myself what a wonderful world. Oh, yeah.

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.

Education gives you lights to see, wings to fly, and music to sing.

If you want it, boys, get it here, thing.

Only thing on right now, like a night light.

I shall go on some last wilderness trip, to a place I have known and loved. I shall not return.

I have memories of the clearest crystal mountain days imaginable, when we fortunates in the height seemed to be sky people living in light alone.

Im a size 12 and Im very happy with it.

Every girl likes to be thought of and made to feel special.

To execute great things, one should live as though one would never die.

If anything's progressive, then we make progress.

When you have passion for something you find a way to make it happen - this is the panacea to success.