“The piano ain't got no wrong notes.”

“You've been making the wrong mistakes.”

“Where’s jazz going? I don’t know. Maybe it’s going to hell. You can’t make anything go anywhere. It just happens.”

“I’m famous. Ain’t that a bitch?”

“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.”

“A genius is the one most like himself.”

“And wonders of wonders, they both shut up and did as I said. If I'd had time I would have pulled out my journal and made a note: Shame and Terric actually listened to me for once. Warn Hell. There's a freeze coming.”