"Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz."
"I never though much about race."
"All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians."
"I don't know what other people are doing - I just know about me."
"I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money."
"I guess, you know, if I didn't make it with the piano, I guess I would've been the biggest bum."
"I can shoot pool, and I can play ping-pong. I'm pretty good at those games."
"We have two kids, my wife and myself."
"Be-bop wasn't developed in any deliberate way."