Thank The Good Lord For

Let The Critics Criticize And Let The Doers Do.

The Bandstand Is A Sacred Place.

Jazz Is Democracy In Music.

No Particular Music Makes Me Feel Nostalgic. If It's Great, It Just Keeps Me In The Present Moment. That Level Of Music Is Like A Classic Story, Like The Iliad-something So Perfect It Can Never Be Old.

Blues Is Like The Roux In A Gumbo. People Ask Me If Jazz Always Has The Blues In It. I Say, If It Sounds Good It Does.