Oscar Peterson

Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play.

I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos.

I play as I feel.

I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure.

When information is infinite, individual pieces of information are worth nothing.

I don't like to get in front of people.