It's Not The Notes You

Sometimes [playing Free] Doesn't Happen, Because Maybe A Guy's Wife'll Come In, You Know, And His Ego Will Catch Him. If Everybody's Completely Just Straight-without Any Old Ladies Over Here, A Fourth Of Whisky Over There; If It's Balanced Right, It'll Come Off. It Has To Be. But When You Get Egos Involved With Playing Free, You Can't Do It.

You Have To Be Born With It. You Can't Even Buy It. If You Could Buy It, They'd Have It At The Next Newport Festival.

I Can Tell Whether A Person Can Play Just By The Way He Stands.

Food Makes My Mind Sluggish.

Jazz Is Like Blues With A Shot Of Heroin!