The Future Is Always Here

The Artist's Role Is To Raise The Consciousness Of The People. To Make Them Understand Life, The World And Themselves More Completely. That's How I See It. Otherwise, I Don't Know Why You Do It.

A Rich Man Told Me Recently That A Liberal Is A Man Who Tells Other People What To Do With Their Money.

The Further Jazz Moves Away From The Stark Blue Continuum And The Collective Realities Of Afro-american And American Life, The More It Moves Into Academic Concert-hall Lifelessness, Which Can Be Replicated By Any Middle Class Showing Off Its Music Lessons.

You Can't Be An American Without Being Related To Other Americans.

If You Are Black, The Only Roads Into The Mainland Of American Life Are Through Subservience, Cowardice, And Loss Of Manhood. These Are The White Man's Roads.