I Realized By Using The High Notes

Bop Is No Love-child Of Jazz.

I Realized By Using The High Notes Of The Chords As A Melodic Line, And By The Right Harmonic Progression, I Could Play What I Heard Inside Me. That's When I Was Born.

Any Musician Who Says He Is Playing Better Either On Tea, The Needle, Or When He Is Juiced, Is A Plain, Straight Liar. When I Get Too Much To Drink, I Can't Even Finger Well, Let Alone Play Decent Ideas. You Can Miss The Most Important Years Of Your Life, The Years Of Possible Creation.

I Don't Care Who Likes It Or Buys It. Because If You Use That Criterion, Mozart Would Never Have Written Don Giovanni, Charlie Parker Would Have Never Played Anything But Swing Music.

When I First Heard Music, I Thought It Should Be Very Clean, Very Precise. Something That People Could Understand, Something That Was Beautiful.