The best I can do is stay happy.

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.

A few dud universes can really clutter up your basement.

Learning is more than the acquisition of the ability to think

Your mind, your motion and your expression is an animation to marvel and to praise.

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.

Roland had sworn off children—they kept trying to kill him.

Luxury is the opportunity to experience quality, be it a place, a person or an object.

I have to be able to love somebody except myself and the theater.

Never cease doubting. When the doubts stop it is because you have stopped journeying.

You cannot insult the faith of others.

But to me the notion that spirituality is separate from the rest of life does not allow for a practical approach to living a life that has extraordinary quality.