It's Very Important To Go Through Periods

In Composition You Have All The Time You Want To Decide What To Say In 15 Seconds, In Improvisation You Have 15 Seconds.

If You're Trying To Invent Something New, You're Going To Reach A Lot Of Discouraging Points, And Most People Give Up.

It Starts With A Single Sound. If There's Something In That Sound, Then It's Worth Continuing.

Whoever Has An Original Thing To Say, It Is Sort Of A Threat To The Status Quo.

The More Original Something Is, The More Of A Threat It Seems Until The People Catch Up With It. That Happened With Thelonious Monk. It Happened With Anybody Who Is Really Original.