The Genius Of Our Country Is Improvisation,

You Can Learn As Much About The History From Reading About The Present As You Can Vice Versa, That Is Learning About The Present Through History, Which Is What I Do For A Living.

Nothing In Our Daily Life Offers More Of The Comfort Of Continuity, The Generational Connection Of Belonging To A Vast And Complicated American Family, The Powerful Sense Of Home, The Freedom From Time's Constraints, And The Great Gift Of Accumulated Memory Than Does Our National Pastime.

History Isn't Really About The Past - Settling Old Scores. It's About Defining The Present And Who We Are.

Jazz Is A Very Accurate, Curiously Accurate Accompaniment To 20th Century America.

We Strain To Listen To The Ghosts And Echoes Of Our Inexpressibly Wise Past, And We Have An Obligation To Maintain These Places, To Provide These Sanctuaries, So That People May Be In The Presence Of Forces Larger Than Those Of The Moment.