Let My Children Have Music! Let Them

It (jazz) Isn't Like It Used To Be. The Guys Aren't Together. They're All Separated. Individuals Now. Bird Was A Symbol. It Was A Clique, A Clique Of People. Who All Believed In One Thing: Gettin' High. And Playin'.

I Am Charles Mingus, Half Black Man, Not Even White Enough To Pass For Nothing But Black. I Am Charles Mingus, A Famed Jazzman, But Not Famed Enough To Make A Living In This Society.

I Was Always Doing Revolutionary Things, Things That Would Alert People, So They Would Stop Being So Subservient.

In My Music, I'm Trying To Play The Truth Of What I Am.

Creativity Is More Than Just Being Different. Anybody Can Plan Weird; That's Easy. What's Hard Is To Be As Simple As Bach. Making The Simple, Awesomely Simple, That's Creativity.