I Find That Here In The States,

It Was A Particularly Interesting And Exciting Time, And The European Political And Artistic Establishment Was Turned On By The Civil Rights Movement And The Artistic Revolution That Was Becoming A Part Of Jazz.

So, Rap Has That Quality, For Youth Anyway; It's A Kind Of Blues Element. It's Physical, Almost Gymnastic. It Speaks To You Organically. Rap Grows Out Of What Young People Really Are Today, Not Only Black Youth, But White - Everybody.

Yes, The Audience Is So Important To Negro Music, Especially The Element Of Call And Response.

And When I Met Cecil Taylor It Was A Complete Transformation Of Musical Identities. All The Tenets That I Had Grown Up With Were Thrown Out The Window.

Music And Culture Are Intrinsically Improvisational, Existential.