Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player. I can only do one thing—play my horn.... I ain't no entertainer and I ain't trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.


Interview in Playboy [September 1962]


Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player. I can only do one thing—play my horn.... I ain't no entertainer and I ain't trying to be one. I am one...

Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player. I can only do one thing—play my horn.... I ain't no entertainer and I ain't trying to be one. I am one...

Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player. I can only do one thing—play my horn.... I ain't no entertainer and I ain't trying to be one. I am one...

Look, man, all I am is a trumpet player. I can only do one thing—play my horn.... I ain't no entertainer and I ain't trying to be one. I am one...