I do believe that my whole success goes back to that time I was arrested as a wayward boy at the age of thirteen. Because then I had to quit running around and began to learn something. Most of all, I began to learn music.
I warm up at home. I hit the stage, I'm ready, whether it's rehearsal or anything.
We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.
I like kissable lips. A woman's lips must say, 'Come here and kiss me, Pops.'
The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.