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.

They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it.

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.