Hope Is Delicate Suffering.

Art Is Whatever Makes You Proud To Be Human.

The Further Jazz Moves Away From The Stark Blue Continuum And The Collective Realities Of Afro-american And American Life, The More It Moves Into Academic Concert-hall Lifelessness, Which Can Be Replicated By Any Middle Class Showing Off Its Music Lessons.

The Artist's Role Is To Raise The Consciousness Of The People. To Make Them Understand Life, The World And Themselves More Completely. That's How I See It. Otherwise, I Don't Know Why You Do It.

I'd Say I'm A Revolutionary Optimist. I Believe That The Good Guys -the People- Are Going To Win.

The Landscape Should Belong To The People Who See It All The Time.