It Takes You Years To Learn How

Music Is The Framework Around The Silence.

Birth Of The Cool' Became A Collector's Item, I Think, Out Of A Reaction To Bird And Dizzy's Music. Bird And Diz Played This Hip, Real Fast Thing, And If You Weren't A Fast Listener, You Couldn't Catch The Humor Or The Feeling In Their Music. Their Musical Sound Wasn't Sweet, And It Didn't Have Harmonic Lines That You Could Easily Hum Out On The Street With Your Girlfriend Trying To Get Over With A Kiss.

In Other Words, An Instrument Should Be An Extension Of You; It's Supposed To Sound Like You - The Way You Walk, The Way You Dress, You Know.

I Think Every Negro Over Fifty Should Get A Medal For Putting Up With All That Crap.

I'll Play It First And Figure Out What It's Called Later.