Thelonious Monk

We have two kids, my wife and myself.

The piano ain't got no wrong notes.

If jazz has to be termed as a wave, then music is a sea, but if the reflectors in the water is the chord.

There are no wrong notes; some are just more right than others.

I don't know what other people are doing - I just know about me.

I'd go stupid collecting and counting my money.

All musicians are potential band leaders.

I never though much about race.

I can shoot pool, and I can play ping-pong. I'm pretty good at those games.

I guess, you know, if I didn't make it with the piano, I guess I would've been the biggest bum.

Everybody in all countries tries to play jazz.

The loudest noise in the world is silence.

All musicians are subconsciously mathematicians.

Be-bop wasn't developed in any deliberate way.