We Don't Play To Be

Jazz Is An Uncle Tom Word. They Should Stop Using That Word For Selling. I Told George Wein The Other Day That He Should Stop Using It.

I Can't Write Anything For Myself. I Can Write When I Hear Like [john] Coltrane Play Something; I Used To Write Chords And Stuff For Him To Play In One Bar. I Can Write For Other People, But I Don't Never Write For Myself.

In High School I Was Best In Music Class On The Trumpet, But The Prizes Went To The Boys With Blue Eyes. I Made Up My Mind To Outdo Anybody White On My Horn.

I Think The Greatest Sound In The World Is The Human Voice.

Dave [holland] Plays The Way He Wants To Play. And It's Usually What's Needed. You Know, Dave Is Such A Deep Thinker. You Can't Tell Him Too Much, Else It Might Spoil His Spirit, You Know.