The Black Hole In Democracy Is Integrity.

Many A Revolution Started With The Actions Of A Few. Only 56 Men Signed The Declaration Of Independence. A Few Hanging Together Can Lead A Nation To Change.

Trumpet Players Are Just Belligerant, And Cocky, And You Know, Just Hard-headed.

Trumpet Players See Each Other, And It's Like We're Getting Ready To Square Off Or Get Into A Fight Or Something.

Music Is Always For The Listener, But The First Listener Is Always The Musician

I Worry More About The Marketing That's Taken Hold Since The 70s. The Jazz Era, The Swing Era, Those Were Huge. Entire Decades Were Named For Music. In The 1940s - After World War Ii - Changes In Taxation, Ballrooms Closing, People Moving To The Suburbs, And The Onset Of Target Marketing And The Confusion Of Commerce With Art Caused Some Things To Happen As A Result That Have Taken Us Away From Jazz And What Jazz Offers Us.