"I don't mind if you call me a square, 'cause I'm hip enough to know that it's all music, and the main thing is to make people happy."

"Every time I close my eyes, I see my trumpet."

"I never thought I'd live to see the day when a black man could walk into a white restaurant and eat."

"Man, all that scratchin' and screamin' ain't music. That's just noise."

"Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them."