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You Have To Stop Listening In Categories. The Music Is Either Good Or It's Bad.

Put It This Way: Jazz Is A Good Barometer Of Freedom... In Its Beginnings, The United States Of America Spawned Certain Ideals Of Freedom And Independence Through Which, Eventually, Jazz Was Evolved, And The Music Is So Free That Many People Say It Is The Only Unhampered, Unhindered Expression Of Complete Freedom Yet Produced In This Country.

I Never Had Much Interest In The Piano Until I Realized That Every Time I Played, A Girl Would Appear On The Piano Bench To My Left And Another To My Right.

The Most Important Thing I Look For In A Musician Is Whether He Knows How To Listen.

I Don’t Believe In Categories Of Any Kind, And When You Speak Of Problems Between Blacks And Whites In The U.s.a. You Are Referring To Categories Again.