Jazz Is An Uncle Tom

I Keep Telling Ron Lorman And Them In The Control Room, "it's My Band! The Reason I Have A Band Is Because I Can't Stand For Somebody To Tell Me What To Do."

I Mean, It Makes Me Sick When I See A White Man Sitting There Smiling At Me Being Entertaining, Man. When I Know What He's Gonna Do After He Gets Through. You Know, When You See That Thing On Their Face - Like: "entertain Me." You Know What I Mean? Even The Black Guy That's Trying To Be White - Even He Can Have That Crap On His Face.

In Improvisation, There Are No Mistakes.

I Never Thought Jazz Was Meant To Be A Museum Piece Like Other Dead Things Once Considered Artistic.

I Said To [lionel] Richie, "man, My Wife Says You Must Really Respect Women Because You Write Such Beautiful Love Songs."