There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to continue.

I don't like to make fluffy little songs, but now I want to make some light songs.

I know my generation - a lot of them, they're getting old now, and they want to think back fondly, they want to kid themselves. A lot of them think, 'Yeah, we were the best.' That's the kiss of death. That's non-growth. And also that's very bad for the world.

When I began experimenting, people weren't ready for it. Once it's in its second and third generational stages, people can accept it.

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.