There are two ways to be rich - one in the abundance of your possessions and the other in the fewness of your wants.
It (Strayhorn's Compositions) made us all think a little differently about what we were doing
In all honesty, I think I just played what I felt was right for me. And I think I would have done the same thing, even if I'd been born later, when Charlie Parker was influencing everybody. The truth is, I never gave it much thought. I just played what I had to play.
At my age, I realize that my most precious possession is time, and I've got too much unfinished work to do to spend even a minute talking about myself.
Get up from the piano. . . Oscar is in the house. Who wants to be at the piano when Oscar is there? Find something else to do.
I didn't know Charlie Parker well, but I spent some time with him, and he was articulate and well-spoken with a lot of curiosity about music and the world. But the only way he seems to be depicted is as a junkie. And that's not the full picture.
He's no Bill Clinton!
Love: the sickest of Irony’s sick jokes. The place where logic and order go to die.
Women have always been an equal part of the past. We just havent been a part of history.
Above all, you must maintain a positive mental attitude, looking for the good in every situation, and remain determined to be a completely positive person.
What do you think you are, for Chrissake, crazy or somethin'? Well you're not! You're not! You're no crazier than the average asshole out walkin' around on the streets and that's it.