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" People in the music business say don't make too many records because they'll compete against one another. "

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" I haven't traveled in Africa nearly as much as I'd like to. I've been there a few times, and I'd like to learn more about the various cultures in Africa. But that's the basis point of where all of the music that I love is based upon, from Africa to Cuba to Puerto Rico to South America. "

" I got a chance to listen to and watch Thelonious Monk and his quartet play two shows a night, for six weeks. It was a great education. There was my university, man. "

" Miles Davis was a part of my life from 1947 on. I was born in 1941 and I first heard him in 1947 on a 78 rpm. And then I followed his career, starting with his first solo album in 1951. He was an icon and inspiration and a mentor to me. "

" Talking about the body getting old, there's a sadness to it in a way. "

" You'll find little schools of musicians experimenting with different ways of making music in Brooklyn, all through Manhattan, in Queens, in Jersey, you know? The city is still bubbling with creativity. "

" The sound of the orchestra is one of the most magnificent musical sounds that has ever existed. "

" Only a spiritual being has awareness. "

" The title 'Now He Sings, Now He Sobs' comes from 'I Ching,' an ancient Chinese book that I was into in the '60s when I was studying different philosophies and religions. "

" I've noticed that the more adventurous and in that mode that I am, it seems that the more the audience really likes it. "

" It's very difficult for me to dislike an artist. No matter what he's creating, the fact that he's experiencing the joy of creation makes me feel like we're in a brotherhood of some kind... we're in it together. "

" Every time I see a musician - it doesn't matter what age - that inspires me, there's always a secret little wish that maybe we'll play together, because that's how I learn and grow and so forth, you know. But hopefully there's a lot more. "

" Art is a subject that is inundated with opinions. In fact, that's all it is about is opinions. "

" I call myself a teacher because they want me to call myself a teacher, but actually, what I'm doing is I'm studying. "

" When I came to New York after high school in 1959 and started to meet musicians, 'Hot House' was like a standard jam session tune. "

" When I hear the piano played in a compositional way, like in a songwriter's way in a compositional way, there's a certain arc to that that I love. "

" I get interested in the various ways that music is being done in the culture, and some of it I like thoroughly enough to want to learn about it. The way I have been successful at doing that is to become part of it. "

" I like Stevie Wonder as my favorite non-pianist pianist. I mean, I shouldn't call him a non-pianist, because he's really a great pianist, but he doesn't feature it that much - he uses his keyboards and his piano technique to support his great songs and so forth, but he can really blow. "

" Without a doubt, my richest relationships are my long-term friendships with musical partners, because we make music together. That's what we love to do with our lives. "

" I decided that I didn't want to spend my time in a liberal arts college. "

" You get a zero at the end of your age number, and you get some extra attention. That's what I found out. "

" My wife, Gayle, is a wonderful musician and singer. We share music, so it's a deep bond. "

" My one thing is I continue to be interested and want to be a student. I don't want to be a master. When I'm learning something, I'm in my element. "

" I enjoy playing the band as the band. I 'be' the whole band and I'm playing the drums, I'm playing the guitar, I'm playing the saxophone. To me, the most wonderful thing about playing music is that. "

" If I had to look at 'Now He Sings'... from outside myself, I see it as a natural part of the growth of the jazz culture, which I've always been so happy - honored, really - to be a small part of. "