Ever since the world ended, I don't go out as much

I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me.

All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.

Everybody cryin' mercy / When they don't know the meaning of the word.

The things that really matter don't mix with idle chatter.

I have no idea what I'm doin'. I've never seen me.

I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years.

I'm playin' music for a certain type of person. Fortunately, there are more and more of us. At least there are more comin' to see me than there were 30 years ago or so.

As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality.

I never sit down and write. I just sorta let things form in my brain.

I haven't stopped and I don't plan on stoppin' any time soon.

You never know what you have till you've lost it.

Books are left untouched. Fanaticism became our trait.. Now more than ever we let others feed our minds and we became the zombie society walking around without purpose, without care, without vision.

... shouldn't everything you do matter if you're bothering at all? Not to hold on when it's over, that's the trick.

Nationalization of private debts undermines prudential lender behavior and is a government intervention in the market.

Creating Lovemarks is all about the ability to understand consumers’ dreams, to know what they want and when they want it and to create great experiences that make your brand a part of their lives.

If you've got a nice fresh corpse, fetch him out!

Slow down, sugar, because im a diabetic.

Always think, 'what's the worst that can happen' and have some kind of strategy to deal with it

I value people with a conscience. It's like a beeper from God.

Calling a trans person by their former name is referred to as "deadnaming" and is considered highly offensive to most trans people I know.