"We all know the Django story, but the actual recorded evidence is something else altogether. The hot jazz genius was a formidable speedster, yes, but his playing was also full of life and love, a romanticism that belongs to another century. Django is revered as much for his feel, his tone, and his heart as he is his technical prowess. A master of his art whose influence is felt far and wide, Django is proof that talent will always find a way to turn a setback into an advantage."

"Music is made up of a large number of individual sounds, and is either a single melody or a part-song."

"Rhythmical music is that which is made by instruments which render the sound by touch."

"Happiness is the moment when one doesn't feel pain."

"In 1956 I was granted the biggest reward of my career: my wife, Josée Jongen."

"I have never been a child prodigy. When I think back to my childhood, I can not discern any sign of future success. My only real talent couldn't be found in any curriculum: whistling."

"J'ai osé beaucoup, mais la prochaine fois, vous verrez, j'oserai plus encore..."

"In the passage quoted here from Monteverdi's madrigal [Cruda amarilli, mm.9-19 and 24-30], one sees a tonality determined by the characteristic of the accord parfait on the tonic, by the sixth chord assigned to the third and seventh degrees, by the optional choice of the accord parfait or the sixth chord on the sixth degree, and finally, by the accord parfait, and above all, by the unprepared seventh chord (with major third) on the dominant."