We're Blues People. And Blues Never Lets

But You Listen To Coltrane And That's Something Human, Something That's About Elevation. It's Like Making Love To A Woman. It's About Something Of Value, It's Not Just Loud. It Doesn't Have That Violent Connotation To It. I Wanted To Be A Jazz Musician So Bad, But I Really Couldn't. There Was No Way I Could Figure Out To Learn How To Play.

We All Teach From That Same Frame Of Reference. We're Like Neighborhood - The People Who Have Had The Opportunity Through This Music To Gain A Platform And Spread The Message Of This Music, Which Is Basically Love In A Form Of Communication That's Honest And Truthful.

Jazz Music Celebrates Life! Human Life; The Range Of It, The Absurdity Of It, The Ignorance Of It, The Greatness Of It, The Intelligence Of It, The Sexuality Of It, The Profundity Of It. And It Deals With It. In All Of Its... It Deals With It!

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

The First Jazz Musician Was A Trumpeter, Buddy Bolden, And The Last Will Be A Trumpeter, The Archangel Gabriel.