"I'm a great believer in white people. I know they're going to get it right. They just taking a long time."

"I don't think I'm a legend. I'm just a cat who blows a horn."

"I don't play anything that's not good. I don't care what you call it. I play good music."

"I don't socialize with white people. I work with them."

"I just want to be remembered as a good jazz musician and a good man."