How Great Musicians Demonstrate A Mutual Respect

Instead Of Imposing Your Will On Every Situation...focus On Including Everyone Else, And Just That Little Adjustment Of Attitude Gives You The Space To Understand Where And Who You Are.

Music Is Always For The Listener, But The First Listener Is Always The Musician

There's So Much Spirit Of Integration And Democracy In Jazz.

As Long As There Is Democracy, There Will Be People Wanting To Play Jazz Because Nothing Else Will Ever So Perfectly Capture The Democratic Process In Sound. Jazz Means Working Things Out Musically With Other People. You Have To Listen To Other Musicians And Play With Them Even If You Don't Agree With What They're Playing. It Teaches You The Very Opposite Of Racism And Anti-semitism. It Teaches You That The World Is Big Enough To Accommodate Us All.

Ethics Are More Important Than Laws. Which Means That The Exact Note Is Less Important Than The Feeling Of The Note.