The Secret Of A Great Melody Is

You Have To Be Taught To Hate.

What I Want To Happen Is To Be Really Creative, And To Play Something New In The Improvisations, Every Time.

Most Of The International Acceptance Of Jazz Education Can Be Traced To The University Of North Texas, Denton, Texas, And The Wonderful Program They Inaugurated.

Don't Be A Perfectionist... Leave That To The Classical Musicians.

I Wasn't Allowed To Play In Some Universities In The United States And Out Of Twenty-five Concerts, Twenty-three Were Canceled Unless I Would Substitute My Black Bass Player For My Old White Bass Player, Which I Wouldn't Do.