“Miles Davis had me play and he hired me the following week and after t...” — Miroslav Vitous Quote

“Miles Davis had me play and he hired me the following week and after that, everything broke wide open.”

“They taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because they had to teach because they failed as musicians. There is a huge difference in the reasons why someone is teaching and what they can offer and what they cannot offer.”

“I continued studying by myself in the field of jazz with my own technique of improvisation, walking bass lines, rhythms, all kinds of stuff, which I created for myself.”

“I tore both of my ACLs. I broke my right patella. I tore my left pec, all within about a 2 1/2-year span.”

“George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation.”

“I moved from Cleveland to L.A. with a girlfriend, we broke up, and I lived out of my car for a year and a half, on the road with nothing on my mind but getting my act good enough to be on 'The Tonight Show.'”