It's the way you play that makes it . . . Play like you play. Play like you think, and then you got it, if you're going to get it. And whatever you get, that's you, so that's your story.
Source: Good Morning Blues, 1985.
-- Count Basie, (Aug 21 1904-1984), US jazz pianist, composer; He was one of the outstanding organizers of big bands in jazz history; hits include One O'Clock Jump, 1941.