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Music is an addiction.
I still got my Ferrari.
There are no wrong notes.
Food makes my mind sluggish.
The music speaks for itself!
You can't eat a winner's plaque.
If you're trying to be hip, be hip.
I have to change. It's like a curse.
Do not fear mistakes. There are none.
First you imitate, then you innovate.
If you have to ask, you'll never know.
My ego only needs a good rhythm section
Always look ahead, but never look back.
Keith, how does it feel to be a genius?
In improvisation, there are no mistakes.
I always listen to what I can leave out.
Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player.
Always listen for what you can leave out.
Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
John Lee Hooker is the funkiest man alive
Music is the framework around the silence.
All my inspiration comes from Ahmad Jamal.
Play what you know and then play above that
For me, music and life are all about style.
Coltrane, you cant play everything at once!
It takes a long time to sound like yourself.
Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery
To keep creating you have to be about change.
Don't be afraid of mistakes - There are none.
If you don't know what to play, play nothing.
My future starts when I wake up every morning.
In respect for drummers, see, I love drummers.
Don't play what's there, play what's not there.
In music, silence is more important than sound.
If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!
Do not be afraid of errors. There are no errors.
I'll play it first and tell you what it is later.
Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.
It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself.
I've gotten hernias from drummers when they drop tempo.
If you're not nervous then you're not paying attention.
When I heard Coleman Hawkins, I learned to play ballads
I'll play it first and figure out what it's called later.
If you're going to drop behind, you have to keep it there.
It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play.
I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.
Music is a funny thing when you really come to think about it.
Joao Gilberto on guitar could read a newspaper and sound good.
I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.
We don't play to be seen. I'm addicted to music, not audiences.