The First Jazz Musician Was

Even If Nobody's Singing, Just When You Talk, You're Singing. I'll Meet Somebody And Say, "oh, I'm Tone-deaf." I Say, "you're Not Tone-deaf, Because If You Were Tone-deaf You Would Speak Like That. But You're 'oh, I'm Tone-deaf.' You Already Sang A Song To Me."

I'll Write Down And Catalogue All The Different Devices That Are Americana To Me, And I Try To Have A Historic Depth And Breadth And Also The Things That We Do In Our Time, The Type Of Vamps And Chants, Things That Are Available To Us.

I Had To Figure Out How To Survive In New York, And Most Of My Time Was Occupied In Getting An Apartment And Getting Money. A Lot Of Older Jazz Guys Looked Out For Me And Found Me Gigs And Places To Stay.

Only A Few Act - The Rest Of Us Reap The Benefits Of Their Risk.

We Looked Up To Our Father. He Still Is Much Greater Than Us.