"White people don’t have a clue about jazz. They think they own it."

"I'm a black man. I'm proud of it. And I'm going to play my music the way I want to play it."

"I'm always searching for something new, something that hasn't been done before."

"I don't believe in wasting time. Life is too short."

"It's not about how many notes you play, it's about how you play them."