Most Of The Soloists At Birdland Had

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

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

Whatever Coast He's On, A Man Should Be Himself. I Don't Write In Any Particular Idiom, I Write Charles Mingus.

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'.

Most Customers, By The Time The Musicians Reach The Second Set, Are To Some Extent Inebriated. They Don't Care What You Play Anyway.