Always Listen For What You

First You Imitate, Then You Innovate.

That Was My Gift . . . Having The Ability To Put Certain Guys Together That Would Create A Chemistry And Then Letting Them Go; Letting Them Play What They Knew, And Above It.

There Are No Wrong Notes In Jazz: Only Notes In The Wrong Places.

My Father's Rich, My Momma's Good Looking. Right? And I Can Play The Blues. I've Never Suffered And Don't Intend To Suffer.

So What Or Kind Of Blue Were Done In That Era, The Right Hour, The Right Day. It's Over; It's On The Record.