I Find That Here In The States,

Yes, The Audience Is So Important To Negro Music, Especially The Element Of Call And Response.

Negro Music And Culture Are Intrinsically Improvisational, Existential. Nothing Is Sacred. After A Decade, A Musical Idea, No Matter How Innovative, Is Threatened.

In America, For A Brief Time, People Who Followed John Coltrane Were Studied And Considered Important, But It Didn't Last Long. The Result Is That The Kind Of Music I Played In The '60's Is Completely Dismissed In This Country As A Wrong Turn, A Suicidal Effort.

I Can't See Any Separation Between My Music And My Life. I Play Pretty Much Race Music: Its About What Happened To My Father, To Me, And What Can Happen To My Kids.

Black Music Has Become A Commercial Commodity. Live Performances Are Not So Accessible As They Were Previously. It Use To Be Possible To Go To The Bar On The Corner And Hear Music. It Was Available For A Fifteen Cent Beer.