Everything I Do Is Mingus.

If You Think This Is Weird, Just Look At Yourselves.

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

Whatever Coast He's On, A Man Should Be Himself. I Don't Write In Any Particular Idiom, I Write Charles Mingus.

Jazz Music Is A Language Of The Emotions.

In High School I Was On The Basketball Team, But The Coach Did Something I Didn't Dig And The Next Day He Looked Up And Saw Me Practising With The Football Team.