Be A Number One Yourself.

Put It This Way: Jazz Is A Good Barometer Of Freedom... In Its Beginnings, The United States Of America Spawned Certain Ideals Of Freedom And Independence Through Which, Eventually, Jazz Was Evolved, And The Music Is So Free That Many People Say It Is The Only Unhampered, Unhindered Expression Of Complete Freedom Yet Produced In This Country.

There Is Nothing To Keeping A Band Together. You Simply Have To Have A Gimmick, And The Gimmick I Use Is To Pay Them Money!

People Do Not Retire. They Are Retired By Others.

Dancing Is Very Important To People Who Play Music With A Beat. I Think That People Who Don't Dance, Or Who Never Did Dance, Don't Really Understand The Beat... I Know Musicians Who Don't And Never Did Dance, And They Have Difficulty Communicating.

Problems Are Chances For Us To Do Our Best.