When I got started in New York, if you were different from Miles & Dizzy it was very difficult.

I quit drinking, so I can think clear. When you have chop trouble, drinking doesn't help the healing process.

I advise all the young kids to not overwork. You can't be out there blowing hard. You have to pace yourself.

When you are trying to do something when you are getting started and you are trying to make records for the first time, you want it to be the best.

A very few musicians passed across all decades. In terms of trumpet playing, Louis Armstrong does it of course but Sweets [Edison] is right up there too. He is unique, in every sense of the term.

Dizzy used to tell me I'm playing too hard. He'd say to not give everything. Miles told me that too.

They always want to sell me as a hard bopper.

It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste

All the words I have to say have turned into stars.

He sharpened his flaws and disappointments into daggers.

I don't believe that crime, danger and poverty make for good art. That's bullshit.

I often say the last role I played that really touched me and where I was able to access what I really am was Bonnie, which is kind of sad when you think how early in my career that was.

I can't go out on stage and have glow sticks waved at me! That's not representative of anything!

I think his [Donald's Trump] objection would be to biased and unfair, which is not the way he characterize "Fox News" to me, anyway. But we're all looking for objective coverage.

I always try to attack the most honest issues I can in my comedy.

I learned to travel, then I travelled to learn.

The beliefs that we use to define our own individuality, what makes us unique - good, bad, or indifferent - from other individuals.