One Thing I Like About Jazz Is

The Arts Have Always Served Relationships Between People Of Different Cultures So Well. In A Way, The Arts Function As A Very Serious Kind Of Ambassador.

I Don't Think There Are Any Pure Africans Of The African Americans, But The African Part Of Our History Was Pretty Much Taken Away From Us During Slavery, So The 60s Gave Us A Chance, Because Of The Civil Rights Movement, To Kind Of Re-examine And Make Some Sort Of Formal Connection To Our African-ness.

Nobody Told Me I Was A Child Prodigy.

So I Didn't Actually Change My Name The Way Some People Did.

Jazz To Me Is The Spirit Of Freedom. I Mean Real Freedom. Freedom To Explore. Freedom To Express. Freedom To Pour Out Your Guts.