Dizzy Gillespie

It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play.

Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that.

I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.

Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk.

I don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa.