Musicians don't retire they stop when there's no more music in them.
If it sounds good, it is good.
All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.
What we play is life.
'Cat?' 'Cat' can be anybody from the guy in the gutter to a lawyer, doctor, the biggest man to the lowest man, but if he's in there with a good heart and enjoy the same music together, he's a cat.
There are some people that if they don't know you can't tell 'em.
If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.
There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind.
I had a long time admiration for the Jewish people. Especially with their long time of courage, taking so much abuse for so long. I was only seven years old, but I could easily see the ungodly treatme...
If you have to ask what jazz is you will never know." Louis Armstrong
Music is life itself. What would this world be without good music? No matter what kind it is.