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

"I'm just happy to be alive and playing my horn."

"There are some things that if you have to ask, you'll never know."

"I don't like to talk about my past. I like to live in the present."

"I never tried to prove nothing, just wanted to give a good show. My life has been my music, my life has been my people. And my people is music."