Men Have Died For This Music. You

When I Grow Up I Want To Be Just Like Benny Carter!

I Used To Do A Lot Of Apologizing For What The State Department Had Done.

As A Musician You Have To Keep One Foot Back In The Past And Have One Foot Forward Into The Future.

Many Critics Always Saw And Heard That My Style Comes From Roy Eldridge, Which Is True. But For Many Things, Not Only How To Play The Trumpet But The Way To Choose The Notes, How To Play Them And How To Phrase All Of Them, I Took That From Sweets [edison]. He Really Brought Something New To The Trumpet.

How Do I Know Why Miles Walks Off The Stage? Why Don't You Ask Him? And Besides, Maybe We'd All Like To Be Like Miles, And Just Haven't Got The Guts.