John Lee Hooker Is The Funkiest Man

I Would Never Try And Play Like Harry James, Because I Don't Like His Tone - For Me. It's Just White. You Know What I Mean? He Has What We Black Trumpet Players Call A White Sound. But It's For White Music ... I Can Tell A White Trumpet Player, Just Listening To A Record. There'll Be Something He'll Do That'll Let Me Know That He's White.

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

Jazz Is An Uncle Tom Word. They Should Stop Using That Word For Selling. I Told George Wein The Other Day That He Should Stop Using It.

Dave [holland] Plays The Way He Wants To Play. And It's Usually What's Needed. You Know, Dave Is Such A Deep Thinker. You Can't Tell Him Too Much, Else It Might Spoil His Spirit, You Know.

Some Of [drummers] Drop Time Because They Want To Hear What You're Doin'.