"I love Pops, I love the way he sings, the way he plays - everything he does, except when he says something against mo…"

"I’ll play it and tell you what it is later."

"I can't tell... All those white tenor players sound alike to me."

"Is that what you wanted, Alfred?"

"The music has gotten thick. Guys give me tunes and they're full of chords. I can't play them...I think a movement in …"

""You can't play anything on a horn that Louis hasn't played." and "I love Pops" (Louis' nickname) … Louis has been th…"

"What am I supposed to say to that? That's ridiculous. You see the way they can ____ up music? It's a mismatch. They d…"

"Take it off! That's some sad ____, man. In the first place, I hear some Charlie Parker cliches. . . . They don't even…"

"My ego only needs a good rhythm section."

"When they make records with all the mistakes in, as well as the rest, then they'll really make jazz records. If the m…"