I Heard Sidney Bechet Play A Duke

When I Came Up, It Was All About Originality And Collective Research. There Is An Awful Lot Of Imitation Going On Now.

Jazz Is Like Wine. When It Is New It's Only For The Experts, But When It Gets Older Everybody Wants It.

Bamboo Is Not A Weed, It's A Flowering Plant. Bamboo Is A Magnificent Plant.

The Soprano Has All Those Other Instruments In It. It's Got The Soprano Song Voice, Flute, Violin, Clarinet, And Tenor Elements And Can Even Approach The Baritone In Intensity.

It's Very Important To Go Through Periods Where You Sound Just Rotten And You Know It, And You Have To Persevere Or Give Up.