"You know, all this 'jazz' and 'bebop' and 'cool' and 'hot' labels are just for critics. It's all music."

"A legend is an old man with a cane, telling young people what they should do. I'm not a legend."

"I'm always thinking about new ways to play."

"You have to be able to play what you don't know."

"I just play what I hear."