Quotes

[on his 80th birthday celebration in August 2009]: I didn't know that many people were checking out my music and people from all over.

[on Charlie Parker]: I just listened to him and I tried to figure out how he was doing certain things -- not so much the notes that he was playing. He had a unique way about placing things.

[on the Velvet Lounge success in 2005]: People don't come to the Velvet to hang out. They come to listen to music. It's a happy place to play.