The Duke And Swing Represent Affirmation In

I Wanted To Make Somebody Feel Like Coltrane Made Me Feel, Listening To It.

If You Didn't Have The Amalgam Of Blacks And African-type Sensibility And European Sensibility, You Wouldn't Have Jazz. Even In The Negative And In The Positive Ways - If There Was No Slavery And The Abolition Of Slavery, There Would Be No Jazz.

I Didn't Want To Get That Ring Around My Lips From Practicing The Trumpet, Because I Thought The Girls Wouldn't Like Me. So I Never Practiced.

Don't Worry About What Others Say About Your Music. Pursue Whatever You Are Hearing... But If Everybody Really Hates Your Music Maybe You Could Try Some Different Approaches.

Don't Wish For Someone Else To Do Later What You Can Do Now.