Jazz Is The Result Of The Energy

When I'm In My Normal Mood, Music Drips From My Fingers.

Modern European Composers...have Very Largely Received Their Stimulus, Their Rhythms And Impulses From Machine Age America. They Have A Much Older Tradition Of Musical Technique Which Has Helped Them Put Into Musical Terms A Little More Clearly The Thoughts That Originated Here. They Can Express Themselves More Glibly.

Writing Music Is Not So Much Inspiration As Hard Work.

The European Boys Have Small Ideas But They Sure Know How To Dress 'em Up.

Originality Is The Only Thing That Counts. But The Originator Uses Material And Ideas That Occur Round Him And Pass Through Him. And Out Of His Experience Comes The Original Creation.