What We Play Is Life.

Don't Do Nothing Halfway, Else You Find Yourself Dropping More Than Can Be Picked Up.

Musicians In My Day Had Nicknames. My Name Was "satchel Mouth," Like A Doctor's Satchel. When I Went To England This Fellow Was Strictly English, And He Was Editor Of The Newspaper There. He Shook My Hand After I Got Off The Train And Said, "hello, Satchmo." So Right Away My Trombone Player Said, "mmm, The Man Thinks You Have Mo' Mouth Than Satchel Mouth." So I Was Stuck With It, And It Turned Out All Right.

I Got A Simple Rule About Everybody. If You Don't Treat Me Right - Shame On You.

Not Too Slow, Not Too Fast. Kind Of Like Half-fast.

We Don't Play Slow And We Don't Play Fast, We Play Half Fast