I Found This Out Over

Count Basie Practically Adopted Me At 13. We Became Closer And Closer And I Ended Up Conducting For Him And Sinatra.

I Got A Scholarship To Seattle University And I Was Writing Arrangements For Singers And Everybody. But The Music Course Was Too Dry And I Really Wanted To Get Away From Home.

Hell, Nobody Knows Where Jazz Is Going To Go. There May Be A Kid Right Now In Chitlin Switch, Georgia, Who Is Going To Come Along And Upset Everybody.

There’s Nothing In The World Worse Than Having An Opportunity That You’re Not Prepared For. Good Luck Usually Follows The Collision Of Opportunity And Preparation - It’s A Result Of That Collision. You’ve Got To Be Prepared. So, Make Your Mistakes Now And Make Them Quickly. If You’ve Made The Mistakes, You Know What To Expect The Next Time. That’s How You Become Valuable.

Not One Ounce Of My Self Worth Depends On Your Acceptance Of Me.