I Was Born Swinging And Clapped My

I Was Always Doing Revolutionary Things, Things That Would Alert People, So They Would Stop Being So Subservient.

I'm Too Busy Playing. When I'm Playing I Don't Pay Attention To Who's Listening. When I Was Listening I Listened To Symphony Orchestras, Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Stravinsky. You Don't Listen To One Instrument; You Listen To Music.

Most Of The Soloists At Birdland Had To Wait For Parker's Next Record In Order To Find Out What To Play Next. What Will They Do Now?

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

Making The Complicated Simple Is True Creativity.