You Have To Be Taught To Hate.

And There Is A Time Where You Can Be Beyond Yourself. You Can Be Better Than Your Technique. You Can Be Better Than Most Of Your Usual Ideas. And This Is A Whole Other Category That You Can Get Into.

I Wanted To Be Like My Father, Who Was A Cattle Man And A Rodeo Roper. And That Was - He Was My Hero, And I Wanted To Be More Like Him.

Over The Years I've Had Strong Friendships With Many Priests. As A Matter Of Fact, A Group Of Christian Leaders From The National Council Of Churches Came To My House In The 1950s To Ask Me To Write Music For A Mass. I Didn't Think I Was Ready At That Time. So, In A Sense, I Guess Joining The Church And Writing The Mass Was A Culmination Of A Long Journey That Is Still Going On.

I Knew Even If I'm A Cowboy, I'm Going To Be Involved In Jazz In Some Way.

The Source Of Inspiration Can Be Any Of The Things:deep Emotional Experiences - Say, Romantic Love Or Spiritual Contemplation.i Think Such Rare Moments Come Only When You Have Total Concentration. You Are Consumed In And By The Music. I Guess You Could Say That It Is Akin To Contemplation. In Order To Reach This Desirable State Of Mind You Have To Rise Above The Environment You're In At That Particular Time - A Bad Piano, Glaring Stage Lights, Or The Attitude Of The Audience. Sometimes The Inspiration Of The Other Musicians You're Playing With Helps You Reach This Stage.