There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind.

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.

Our inner wisdom is persistent, but quiet. It will always whisper, but it will never stop knocking at your door.

Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.

I think the world would function extremely well with millions of little cooperative groups, all in relation to each other.

A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.

If your corn has a herbicide-tolerant gene, it means you can pray your herbicides and kill the weeds; you won't kill your corn.

When you rest in the weakness of your heart, your being moves and your self becomes quieted.

We cannot stand through the storms of life based on someone else's faith. We must be fully assured in our own hearts and minds.

The old fellow who was cadging drinks from me the other night at the Cafe Royal told me he had known Julian Bern's people in the old days at Rome.

My real life helped me sell a lot of records.

Life is so precious, such a gift, and that you have to live for you.