Be A Number One Yourself.

Playing 'bop' Is Like Playing Scrabble With All The Vowels Missing.

Jazz Today, As Always In The Past, Is A Matter Of Thoughtful Creation, Not Mere Unaided Instinct.

I Merely Took The Energy It Takes To Pout And Wrote Some Blues.

There Is Nothing To Keeping A Band Together. You Simply Have To Have A Gimmick, And The Gimmick I Use Is To Pay Them Money!

New Music? Hell, There's Been No New Music Since Stravinsky.