You hear it in your brain. Whatever makes sense. Some songs work well as quartet songs, sometimes they don't.

That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you.

When you're dealing with music without words, titles are more a means of identification than anything else. What's the point of getting lofty?

One of the things that's clear to me from interviews that I've read is that the more popular successful jazz musicians had audiences above and beyond the music community.

Pop doesn't really look back. It can't. What makes pop work is simplicity.

You don't know what you like, you like what you know. In order to know what you like, you have to know everything.

What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America.

I'm not going to play funk licks on a jazz album. That makes no sense.

A lot of musicians have a tough time hearing what we're doing in a trio format.

I think that if you keep banging at the door all you need is a little foothold, a little tiny foothold, and then the rest will take care of itself.

So much of Jazz doesn't have an audience other than music students or musicians.

To be resolved to something is a reflection of your inner core, not the nature of resolving.

There is no dark side of the moon really. As a matter of fact it's all dark.

Great endurance, great strength.

In 2030 we will be ageless and everyone will have an excellent chance to live forever. 2030 is a dream and a goal.

A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.

No man ever believes with a true and saving faith unless God inclines his heart; and no man when God does incline his heart can refrain from believing.

What is public opinion? It is private indolence.

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Clothes are signifiers and symbols of how people communicate with each other.

What's the difference between yes and no?