Anybody Can Make The Simple Complecated. Creativity

I Am Charles Mingus, Half Black Man, Not Even White Enough To Pass For Nothing But Black. I Am Charles Mingus, A Famed Jazzman, But Not Famed Enough To Make A Living In This Society.

Making The Simple Complicated Is Commonplace; Making The Complicated Simple, Awesomely Simple, That's Creativity.

It (jazz) Isn't Like It Used To Be. The Guys Aren't Together. They're All Separated. Individuals Now. Bird Was A Symbol. It Was A Clique, A Clique Of People. Who All Believed In One Thing: Gettin' High. And Playin'.

Thelonius Monk Went Over To Bird And Bud Powell And Said, 'i Told You Guys To Act Crazy, But I Didn't Tell You To Fall In Love With The Act. You're Really Crazy Now.'

If Someone Has Been Escaping Reality, I Don't Expect Him To Dig My Music.