Jazz Is The Language Of The Emotions.

My Son's A Painter. All Through School His Teachers Tell Him He's A Genius. I Tell Him To Paint Me An Apple That Looks Like An Apple Before He Paints Me One That Doesn't. Go Where You Can Go, But Start From Someplace Recognizable.

What Do You Think Happens To A Composer Who Is Sincere And Loves To Write And Has To Wait Thirty Years To Have Someone Play A Piece Of His 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?

Since The White Man Says He Came From The Evolution Of Animals, Well, Maybe The Black Man Didn't. The White Man Has Made So Many Errors In The Handling Of People That Maybe He Did Come From A Gorilla Or A Fish And Crawl Up On The Sand And Then Into The Trees. Of Course, Evolution Doesn't Take God Into Consideration. I Don't Think People Learned To Do All The Things They Do Through Evolution.

Life Has Many Changes. Tomorrow It May Rain, And It's Supposed To Be Sunshine, 'cause It's Summertime. But God's Got A Funny Soul, He Plays Like Charlie Parker.