What I Want To Happen

Every Individual Should Be Expressing Themselves, Whether A Politician Or A Minister Or A Policeman.

I Have More Energy At The End Than I Do At The Beginning. You Can Be So Beat Up That You Can Scarcely Walk On Stage But When You Get To The Piano The Excitement Kicks In, You Forget About Being Tired.

I’m Beginning To Understand Myself. But It Would Have Been Great To Be Able To Understand Myself When I Was 20 Rather Than When I Was 82.

Damn It, When I'm Bombastic, I Have My Reasons. I Want To Be Bombastic-take It Or Leave It.

One Of The Reasons I Believe In Jazz Is That The Oneness Of Man Can Come Through The Rhythm Of Your Heart. It’s The Same Anyplace In The World, That Heartbeat. It’s The First Thing You Hear When You’re Born — Or Before You’re Born — And It’s The Last Thing You Hear.