Jazz Is Not Just Music,

There Are All Kinds Of Things That Can Be Done. You Can Change Rhythms, You Can Change Chords, You Can Change Whole Concepts. But It Will Only Work, On A Record Or In A Performance, If You Can Make The People Buy It.

I Had Spent Many Years Pursuing Excellence, Because That Is What Classical Music Is All About... Now It Was Dedicated To Freedom, And That Was Far More Important.

Talent Is A Burden Not A Joy. I Am Not Of This Planet. I Do Not Come From You. I Am Not Like You.

You Can't Be Different If You Look At It. Being Gifted Is Different. I Had That In My Piano Playing. I'm Very Thankful For That. I'm Very Aware Of That. The Style And What I Fed Is Just Me. I Never Worked At It. It Just Happened.

We Have Ordered Things So Long In A Certain Way, We Are Numb. Nobody Dares Question It. This Is What Is Wrong, Symbolically, With America.