Writing Music Is Not So Much Inspiration

Jazz Is The Result Of The Energy Stored Up In America.

The Composer Does Not Sit Around And Wait For An Inspiration To Walk Up And Introduce Itself...making Music Is Actually Little Else Than A Matter Of Invention Aided And Abetted By Emotion. In Composing We Combine What We Know Of Music With What We Feel.

All Great Composers Of The Past Spent Most Of Their Time Studying. Feeling Alone Won't Do The Job. A Man Also Needs Technique.

Jazz Is One Of The Best Things That You Can Find In Your Life, It Can Always Be Your Friend.

Gershwin's Tragedy Was Not That He Failed To Cross The Tracks, But Rather That He Did, And Once There In His New Habitat, Was Deprived Of The Chance To Plunge His Roots Firmly Into The New Soil.