“Rich could play way better than Krupa.”

A little bit of this, a little bit of that. I never had any specific style.

I’ve been glued to the TV. I am absolutely devastated.

In my opinion, Louis Armstrong is the greatest trumpet stylist of all time and has influenced every trumpet player of his time and long after

I always smoked cigars. I’ve smoked cigars with everybody in show business.

You don’t fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.

Devotees are not impressed by the poverty or wealth in material sense in any way; what impresses is devotion.

Then I saw that there was a way to hell, even from the gates of heaven.

I stand, limited primitive, sentimentalist, escapist The way I shape this landscape, automatically makes this, vivid I give it a rivet, hold it, stand at the pivot I love it, learn to live it, then give you my exhibit

It is easier going out of the way when we are in, than going in when we are out.

Some praise me, some blame me. I go the other way.

I think the fans really wanna hear the songs the way they sound on the record.

In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.