Musicians don't retire they stop when there's no more music in them.
All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.
'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.
If it sounds good, it is good.
There are some people that if they don't know you can't tell 'em.
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...
What we play is life.
There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind.
If you have to ask what jazz is you will never know." Louis Armstrong
If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.
Music is life itself. What would this world be without good music? No matter what kind it is.