Art Is A Luxury. It's Not Necessary

This Is Our Bandstand. If You Don't Want To Play, Get Up Off The Instrument And Leave.

I Try To Put A Lot Of Our Music In My Music - By That I Mean Of American Music.

What, Other Than Injustice, Could Be The Reason That The Displaced Citizens Of New Orleans Cannot Be Accommodated By The Richest Nation In The World?

Those Who Play For Applause....tha T’s All They Get.

Swing Is Extreme Coordination. It's A Maintaining Balance, Equilibrium. It's About Executing Very Difficult Rhythms With A Panache And A Feeling In The Context Of Very Strict Time. So, Everything About The Swing Is About Some Guideline And Some Grid And The Elegant Way That You Negotiate Your Way Through That Grid.