To Say That An Artist Sells Out

I Don't Use Composers. I Research Music The Way I Research The Photographs Or The Facts In My Scripts.

No One Was More Important To The Game Of Baseball In The Last Half Of The 20th Century Than Henry Aaron And No One Writes About That Supremely Talented Man, That Tumultuous Time And This Treasure Of A Game Better Than Howard Bryant. Together, They Are An Extraordinary Combination, And The Book Bryant Has Written Gets To The Heart Of The Complicated And Dignified, Patient And Consistent Genuine Hero That Is Henry Aaron.

Do Something That Will Last And Be Beautiful. It Doesn't Have To Be A Bridge-or A Symphony Or Book Or A Business. It Could Be The Look In The Eye Of A Child You Raise Or A Simple Garden You Tend. Do Something That Will Last And Be Beautiful.

I Think The Problem With A Lot Of The Fusion Music Is That Its Extremely Predictable, Its A Rock Rhythm And The Solos All Play The Same Stuff And They Play It Over And Over Again And Theres A Certain Musical Virtuosity Involved In It.

The Only Art Form That Americans Have Created That's Recognized Around The World Is Jazz Music Born In A Community That Had The Peculiar Experience Of Being Unfree In A Free Land.