"Seems to me that the only thing that matters is that we like it, and we do. We like to blow, and we like to swing. And we like to make people happy."

"I don't care about no money. I just want to play my horn."

"To me, jazz is a way of life, not just music."

"Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look at the audience and I see the world. I see the people. I see the human beings."

"I'm a musician. I don't know nothing about politics."