Simplicity Is A Most Complex Form

The Europeans Who Went To Africa Came Back With “modern' Art. What Is More African Than A Picasso?

Sing Sweet, But Put A Little Dirt In It.

There Is No Art Without Intention.

How Can Anyone Expect To Be Understood Unless He Presents His Thoughts With Complete Honesty? This Situation Is Unfair Because It Asks Too Much Of The World. In Effect, We Say, ' I Don't Dare Show You What I Am Because I Don't Trust You For A Minute But Please Love Me Anyway Because I So Need You To. And, Of Course, If You Don't Love Me Anyway, You're A Dirty Dog, Just As I Suspected, So I Was Right In The First Place.' Yet, Every Time God's Children Have Thrown Away Fear In Pursuit Of Honesty-trying To Communicate Themselves, Understood Or Not, Miracles Have Happened.

The Problem Of Expressing The Contributions That Benny Carter Has Made To Popular Music Is So Tremendous It Completely Fazes Me, So Extraordinary A Musician Is He.