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

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.

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.

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.

Sometimes we have spent so long in the cage that it feels safer to be trapped inside.

..If not for the influence of Humans, I would not be Human. Shouldn't it be concerning that the quality of such examples continues to dwindle?

So reports of my madness, as they say, were greatly exaggerated. Not that I give a bugger either way.

We don’t have to talk about Zsadist. That’s okay. He’s the most interesting part of me.

Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing about ecstasy at all.

So let's see what they [Republicans] are going to do. If they're going to put together great programs, and everybody understands that they're good.

For many years I hoped to have an exhibition in China, because of my family connection.

Good Heavens! For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.

The true measure of what you put in, is what's received on the other end.

I note that the Africa loves to depict the grace of reptiles.