Sweets Edison Quotes

"Oh yes sure (I practice)! Even more than 10 years ago. The older you get, the more difficult you have to keep your level at the top of your game. Trumpet is a very difficult instrument." - Sweets Edison

Bill Evans Quotes

"The only thing I'm afraid of is death. When I was eighteen or nineteen I could have died. I was ready for death. Today, I'm not ready anymore. I've lost too much time as it is." - Bill Evans (when asked if he was afraid of getting old.)

source: Interview with Jazz Magazine (France), 1965

Steve Lacy Quotes

"Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it." - Steve Lacy

Oscar Peterson Quotes

"If the average jazz artist uses his head and at the outset of his career realizes he won't play as well at fifty as he does at twenty-five, he won't be in a line-up outside the Salvation Army when he's fifty." - Oscar Peterson

Lionel Hampton Quotes

"I think I love it more as I get older because I keep getting better on drums, vibes and piano." - Lionel Hampton

Roy Ayers Quotes

"I still look good. I'm trippin', but people tell me that all the time. So check it out, I'm 63, and still kicking. I've been putting records out every year." - Roy Ayers

Dave Brubeck Quotes

"I'm beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82." - Dave Brubeck