All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is read more

All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.

There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

I don't care too much about music. What I like is sounds

I don't care too much about music. What I like is sounds

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate read more

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.

Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.

Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age

The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts.

The true musician is to bring light into people's hearts.

Jazz is the music of the body

Jazz is the music of the body

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.