Wagner's music is better than it sounds"
Mark Twain

What is the voice of song, when the world lacks the ear of taste?
Nathaniel Hawthorne

I'm too old to pimp, and too young to die, so I'm just going keep playing
Clark Terry

If I could play like Wynton (Marsalis), I wouldn't play like Wynton
Chet Baker

Someone who knows how to play the accordion, and doesn't.
Al Cohn's definition of a gentleman

We never play anything the same way once
Shelly Manne