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... And It's Always Been A Thing With Me To Feel That All Men Know The Truth, See? ... The Truth Itself Doesn't Have A Name On It. To Me. Each Man Has To Find This For Himself, I Think. I Believe That Men Are Here To Grow Themselves Into The Best Good That They Can Be... I'm Not Interested In Trying To Say What It Will Be, I Don't Know. But I Believe That Good Will Only Bring Good.

Sometimes I Wish I Could Walk Up To My Music As If For The First Time, As If I Had Never Heard It Before. Being So Inescapably A Part Of It, I'll Never Know What The Listener Gets, What The Listener Feels, And That's Too Bad.

My Music Is The Spiritual Expression Of What I Am: My Faith, My Knowledge, My Being.

Working With Monk Brought Me Close To A Musical Architect Of The Highest Order. I Felt I Learned From Him In Every Way--through The Senses, Theoretically, Technically. I Would Talk To Monk About Musical Problems, And He Would Sit At The Piano And Show Me The Answers Just By Playing Them. I Could Watch Him Play And Find Out The Things I Wanted To Know. Also, I Could See A Lot Of Things That I Didn't Know About At All.

Considering The Great Heritage In Music That We Have - The Work Of The Giants Of The Past, The Present, And The Promise Of Those Who Are To Come - I Feel That We Have Every Reason To Face The Future Optimistically.