As Long As I've Been

Jazz Is An Uncle Tom Word. They Should Stop Using That Word For Selling. I Told George Wein The Other Day That He Should Stop Using It.

If You're Not Nervous Then You're Not Paying Attention.

The Melody Is French. But That's The End Of The Record. I Named It "jean Pierre Then There Were None," You Know, Because Of The Big Explosion. You'll Like It. It's A Nice Album.

Good Music Is Good No Matter What Kind Of Music It Is.

Sometimes [playing Free] Doesn't Happen, Because Maybe A Guy's Wife'll Come In, You Know, And His Ego Will Catch Him. If Everybody's Completely Just Straight-without Any Old Ladies Over Here, A Fourth Of Whisky Over There; If It's Balanced Right, It'll Come Off. It Has To Be. But When You Get Egos Involved With Playing Free, You Can't Do It.