If You're Trying To Be Hip, Be

As Long As I've Been Playing, They Never Say I Done Anything. They Always Say That Some White Guy Did It.

White Folks Always Think That You Have To Have A Label On Everything - You Know What I Mean?

It's A Different Ballgame Now, So That Lets [teo] Macero Out. He's Always Complainin', Always Sick.

The Music Has Gotten Thick. Guys Give Me Tunes And They're Full Of Chords. I Can't Play Them...i Think A Movement In Jazz Is Beginning Away From The Conventional String Of Chords, And A Return To Emphasis On Melodic Rather Than Harmonic Variation. There Will Be Fewer Chords But Infinite Possibilities As To What To Do With Them.

I Can Hear What I Want [people] To Play. If You Don't Hear What You Want Someone To Play, Then You Can't Tell 'em.