Jazz Music Is The Power Of Now.

A Beat Is A Moment In The Life A Groove.

Let The Critics Criticize And Let The Doers Do.

My Mother Always Took My Brothers And Me To Music Lessons. There Were Six Children. Our Parents Attended Our Concerts And Encouraged Us To Study And Enjoy Many Different Types Of Music.

I Have Absolutely No Idea What My Generation Did To Enrich Our Democracy. We Dropped The Ball. We Entered A Period Of Complacency And Closed Our Eyes To The Public Corruption Of Our Democracy.

I Never Minded Giving My Opinions. They Are Just Opinions, And I Had Studied Music And I Had Strong Feelings. I Was Happy For My Opinions To Join All The Other Opinions. But You Have To Be Prepared For What Comes Back, Especially If You Don't Agree With The Dominant Mythology.