Jazz Is Like Blues With

Sometimes, If You Ask People To "go Downstairs And Get Me This Or That," They'll Say, "it's Rainin" Or "it Might Rain," Or "there's Some Bumpy Roads On The Road," Or Bla-bla-bla. They Give You All Those Excuses, So When They Do Something Which Is Easy, You're Supposed To Say, "damn, You Did That?"

Food Makes My Mind Sluggish.

Coltrane, You Cant Play Everything At Once!

I Would Never Try And Play Like Harry James, Because I Don't Like His Tone - For Me. It's Just White. You Know What I Mean? He Has What We Black Trumpet Players Call A White Sound. But It's For White Music ... I Can Tell A White Trumpet Player, Just Listening To A Record. There'll Be Something He'll Do That'll Let Me Know That He's White.

As Long As I've Been Playing, They Never Say I Done Anything. They Always Say That Some White Guy Did It.