I Wanted To Be Like

Probably The Most Profound Thing In The Bible Is 'love Your Enemies, Do Good To Those Who Hate You.' This Is What, To Me, Is The Essence Of Christianity.

It's Like A Whole Orchestra, The Piano For Me.

Jazz Is About The Only Form Of Art Existing Today In Which There Is Freedom Of The Individual Without The Loss Of Group Contact.

I Got A Poster From Columbia Records, And There's Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Ellington, Count Basie - Everybody In That Poster Has Died, I'm The Only One Left. And Great Players Like Paul Desmond And Gerry Mulligan, It's Hard To Believe They're Gone Because We Were All So Close. But I Believe In The Future And The Tradition Will Go On.

I Started Growing Up In A Hurry And Taking A Lot Of The Philosophy I'd Heard From Church As A Kid A Lot More Seriously - Especially The Ten Commandments - And Wondering How 'thou Shalt Not Kill' Could Be So Absolutely Ignored. It Took Me Until I Was In My 40s To Write What I Was Thinking As A Young Soldier.