Charlie Christians' contributions to the electric guitar are as big as Thomas Edisons' contributions to the world.

When I joined the trio, it was as if I was capable of driving a sports car at 60, but Ray Brown and Oscar Peterson just kept pressing the pedal down, and I was trying to control the car at 80!

Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It's not the thing in itself; it's preparatory to the activity

I'm not interested in a marketable product: I'm interested in what I know from my life experience to be standards of excellence

Charlie Christian showed me a lot, and was a great help, but even then, I realised that if I was going to make it, it was no use copying Charlie

he signed his work .. you could always tell when it was Herb Ellis playing

Ko kiti priplavajo v vaše srce, ga nikoli več ne zapustijo.

I know it's difficult in the beginning. But, listen. If you have the impulse to write, do yourself a favor, do the world a favor, and write.

A man with no humility and integrity can only impress small minds with his worldly possessions .

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

I have OCD, which is not fun. I have to be incredibly tidy and organized or it messes with my mind and switches off on me.

Ingredients should not read like a chemistry experiment!

Some people look at a glass and see it as half-full. Others look at a glass and call it a dragon.

Not managing your time and making excuses are two bad habits. Don't put them both together by claiming you 'don't have the time'.

You guys should be ashamed of yourselves. You all should be spanked for this.

You are the one. Solid the spaces lean on, envious. You are the baby in the barn.