Jazz Is The Result Of

Writing Music Is Not So Much Inspiration As Hard Work.

It Is Always Possible To Create Something Original.

Porgy Is...an Interesting Example Of What Can Be Done By Talent In Spite Of A Bad Setup. With A Libretto That Should Never Have Been Accepted On A Subject That Should Never Have Been Chosen, A Man Who Should Never Have Attempted It Has Written A Work That Has A Considerable Power.

The European Boys Have Small Ideas But They Sure Know How To Dress 'em Up.

Originality Is The Only Thing That Counts. But The Originator Uses Material And Ideas That Occur Round Him And Pass Through Him. And Out Of His Experience Comes The Original Creation.