Jazz Music Is The Power Of Now.

Because The Blues Is The Basis Of Most American Music In The 20th Century. It's A 12-bar Form That's Played By Jazz, Bluegrass And Country Musicians. It Has A Rhythmic Vocabulary That's Been Used By Rock N' Roll. It's Related To Spirituals, And Even The American Fiddle Tradition.

Jazz Is Not The Kind Of Music You Are Going To Learn To Play In Three Or Four Years Or That You Can Just Get Because You Have Some Talent For Music.

No Particular Music Makes Me Feel Nostalgic. If It's Great, It Just Keeps Me In The Present Moment. That Level Of Music Is Like A Classic Story, Like The Iliad-something So Perfect It Can Never Be Old.

Louis Armstrong Is Jazz. He Represents What The Music Is All About.

Let The Critics Criticize And Let The Doers Do.