“The minute you make a mistake – that’s improvisation!”

Endings must come naturally, you’re supposed to let it happen, not just to make it happen like that.

There are a lot of things I’m proud of, but the proudest have yet to come.

You have to enjoy playing. The old-timers did, and that’s one reason why their music is a lasting music. I feel that I play jazz to entertain the listener, and you just can’t do that unless you yourself are entertained at the same time.