Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.

Gratitude is the conscience of memory

[Jazz] went from the classics to ragtime to Dixieland to swing to bebop to cool jazz, . . . But it's always jazz. You can put a new dress on her, a new hat, but no matter what kind of clothes you put on her, she's the same old broad.

I'm motivated. The spirit hits me and I just keep going and don't stop. The more I play, the more I can invent, the more ideas come to me.

Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things.

Gratitude is the memory of the heart.