Jazz Is A Good Barometer Of Freedom.

People Do Not Retire. They Are Retired By Others.

There Is Hardly Any Money Interest In Art, And Music Will Be There When Money Is Gone.

Now I Can Say Loudly And Openly What I Have Been Saying To Myself On My Knees.

There Are Simply Two Kinds Of Music, Good Music And The Other Kind ... The Only Yardstick By Which The Result Should Be Judged Is Simply That Of How It Sounds. If It Sounds Good It's Successful; If It Doesn't It Has Failed.

The Problem Of Expressing The Contributions That Benny Carter Has Made To Popular Music Is So Tremendous It Completely Fazes Me, So Extraordinary A Musician Is He.