Bamboo Is Not A Weed, It's A

I Wanted To Be A Pianist But It Just Wasn't My Thing. I Guess I Wanted To Stand Up Rather Than Sit Down.

To Me, There Is Spirit In A Reed. It's A Living Thing, A Weed, Really, And It Does Contain Spirit Of A Sort. It's Really An Ancient Vibration.

I Started In New Orleans Music And Played All Through The History Of Jazz.

It's Very Important To Go Through Periods Where You Sound Just Rotten And You Know It, And You Have To Persevere Or Give Up.

What I Learned With Cecil Taylor Was Strategy And Survival And How To Resist Temptations And Resist Getting Discouraged.