Jazz Is About The Only Form Of

Art May Not Have The Power To Change The Course Of History, But It Can Provide A Perspective On Historical Events That Needs To Be Heard, Even If It's Seldom Heeded. After All The Temporary Influences That Once Directed The Course Of History Have Vanished, Great Art Survives And Continues To Speak To Each Generation.

Jazz Stands For Freedom. It's Supposed To Be The Voice Of Freedom: Get Out There And Improvise, And Take Chances, And Don't Be A Perfectionist - Leave That To The Classical Musicians.

Do You Think Duke Ellington Didn't Listen To Debussy? Louis Armstrong Loved Opera, Did You Know That? Name Me A Jazz Pianist Who Wasn't Influenced By European Music!

One Of The Reasons I Believe In Jazz Is That The Oneness Of Man Can Come Through The Rhythm Of Your Heart. It’s The Same Anyplace In The World, That Heartbeat. It’s The First Thing You Hear When You’re Born — Or Before You’re Born — And It’s The Last Thing You Hear.

I Prefer No One To Teach Me. I Prefer To Swing On My Own.