Music Is An Addiction.

When Kids Don't Learn About Their Own Heritage In School, They Just Don't Care About School... But You Won't See It In The History Books Unless We Get The Power To Write Our Own History And Tell Our Story Ourselves.

You Have To Practice For A Long Time Before You Can Learn To Sound Like Yourself

If You Sacrifice Your Art Because Of Some Woman, Or Some Man, Or For Some Color, Or For Some Wealth, You Can't Be Trusted.

There Are No Wrong Notes In Jazz: Only Notes In The Wrong Places.

When I Heard Coleman Hawkins, I Learned To Play Ballads