"My whole life, my whole soul, my whole everything is to my music."

"You blow your horn, and you get paid. That's it."

"Man, all music is folk music. You ain't never heard a horse sing a song, have you?"

"Black people have been through a lot. We still got a long way to go, but we'll get there."

"I think I'm a jazz musician. I don't know what else I am."