In nuclear war all men are cremated equal.
From Dexter Gordon
What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it.
If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up.
To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche.
If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something.
A lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but I'm very happy to do it, because it gives me an opportunity to dig and hear what's going on.
Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people.
When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem.
Music is a reservoir... of sounds.
Darlin... be-bop is the music of the future.
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