Those Who Play For Applause....tha T’s All

The Only Justification For Looking Down On Anyone Is That You're Going To Stop And Pick Them Up.

This Rebuilding Of New Orleans Gives Us The Perfect Opportunity To See If We're Ready To Extend The Legacy Of Dr. King.

Jazz Music Creates So Many Phenomenal Figures.

When I Came To New York, To Brooklyn, I Met Alvin Ailey And Stanley Crouch And August Wilson. They Were Always Putting Things In A Philosophical Context. All The Great Jazz Musicians Did, Too. There Was Always A Sub-context To What They Were Saying About Music Even Though They Would Be Very Down Home And Earthy. So I Started To Develop, In Addition To My Power And Ability To Simply Hear, A Way To Place Myself In A Time.

No Particular Music Makes Me Feel Nostalgic. If It's Great, It Just Keeps Me In The Present Moment. That Level Of Music Is Like A Classic Story, Like The Iliad-something So Perfect It Can Never Be Old.