Quotes

I'm beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20, rather than when I was 82.

[about his most famous work,"Take Five"] There's a certain piece that if we don't play, we're in trouble.

One of the reasons I believe in jazz is that the oneness of man can come through the rhythm of your heart. It's the same anyplace in the world, that heartbeat. It's the first thing you hear when you're born--or before you're born--and it's the last thing you hear.