Unless you know what it is I ain't never going to be able to explain it to you.

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.

Scientists need to invent a way to make DNA work like in cartoons.

Live each day as if it could be the last day that you spend with your husband or wife.

Some sinister secret lay buried in the heart of the graveyard!

The answer isn't another pill. The answer is spinach.

All I ever want to do is just play chess.

I think everyone is born creative but it can be suppressed by fear.

I love zombies. I don't know how else to answer that... I have trouble falling asleep, so there are certain scenarios I use in my head to relax. I find sniping zombies very relaxing.

To make something look real and alive, nothing can be symmetrical because nothing in real life is symmetrical. You have to make it look organic.

I know a lot of funny people in a lot of funny places.

What workers must learn is that the only reason why wage rates are higher in the United States is that the per head quota of capital invested is higher.