History Isn't Really About The Past -

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

By Its Very Nature, No One Person Can Ever Be The Center Of Jazz.

A Jazz Beat Is A Dynamic Changing Rhythm.

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.

Write: Write Letters. Keep Journals. Besides Your Children, There Is No Surer Way Of Achieving Immortality.