I Decided, If I'm Going To Be

I'm Interested In Music, Not In My Image. If Someone Plays Something Fantastic, That I Could Never Have Thought Of, It Makes Me Happy To Know It Exists.

It Was When I Found Out I Could Make Mistakes That I Knew I Was On To Something.

Jazz Is The Only Music In Which The Same Note Can Be Played Night After Night But Differently Each Time.

Music Has Many Uses And I Think The Most Perfected Use That Music Has Is One Of A Healing Quality.

After I Found Out That I Was Playing Music And That I'd Have To Learn How To Read And Write Music, I Started Doing That About Two Years Later. Finally, I Said, "oh, That Means What I Really Want To Do Is To Be A Composer." But When I Was Coming Up In Texas, There Was Segregation. There Was No Schools To Go To. I Taught Myself How To Read And How To Start Writing.