By The Mid-70s, I Wanted To Get

I Think I Have More In Common With A Carpenter Than You Might Think. We're Putting Things Together.

There Is An Apprenticeship System In Jazz. You Teach The Young Ones. So Even If The Musicians Weren't Personally That Likable, They Felt An Obligation To Help The Younger Musicians.

If There Was Ever Any Truth To The Trickle-down Theory, The Only Evidence Of It I've Ever Seen Was In That Period Of 1960 To 1965. All Of Sudden They Were Handing Out Major Label Recording Contracts Like They Were Coming In Cracker Jack Boxes.

You Can't Be Afraid Of Failure And You Can't Be Afraid Of Success, Because Either One Gets In The Way Of Your Work.

My Uncle And My Grandfather Both Worked In The Brooklyn Navy Yard.