Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.
The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician.
We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.
There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind.
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell them.
All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.
If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.
Lu la lu la lu. Lu la lu la ly. Uncle Satchmo's lullaby. Ich sag Gute Nacht. And I say good night. Schon leuchtet ein Stern. Yes, I see the light. Die Sonne geht schlafen, der Tag ist vorbei....