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There Are Forces All Around You Who Wish To Exploit Division, Rob You Of Your Freedom, And Tell You What To Think. But Young Folks Can Rekindle The Weary Spirit Of A Slumbering Nation.

My Thing Is, Once You Start To Put A Backbeat On Your Music Or Something That Has A Machine In It, You Have Popularity, But You Lose The Flexibility. And You Lose A Richness.

Flexibility Is An Essential Part Of Jazz. It's What Gives Jazz Music The Ability To Combine With All Other Types Of Music And Not Lose Its Identity.

I Have Absolutely No Idea What My Generation Did To Enrich Our Democracy. We Dropped The Ball. We Entered A Period Of Complacency And Closed Our Eyes To The Public Corruption Of Our Democracy.

Because The Blues Is The Basis Of Most American Music In The 20th Century. It's A 12-bar Form That's Played By Jazz, Bluegrass And Country Musicians. It Has A Rhythmic Vocabulary That's Been Used By Rock N' Roll. It's Related To Spirituals, And Even The American Fiddle Tradition.