There are no wrong notes.

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.

Music is spiritual. The music business is not.

I may not be a first-class composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.

I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means ‘put down.’

Oh no, there goes Tokyo. Go, go, Godzilla.

Our early morning singing song, glibby glub gloopy, nibby nabby noopy, la la la lo lo. Sabba sibby sabba, nooby abba nabba, lee le lo lo. Tooby ooby walla, nooby abba naba.

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.

If we were blind and had no choice, would we hate each other by the tone of our voice?