Sing Sweet, But Put A Little Dirt

I Don’t Believe In Categories Of Any Kind, And When You Speak Of Problems Between Blacks And Whites In The U.s.a. You Are Referring To Categories Again.

By And Large, Jazz Has Always Been Like The Kind Of A Man You Wouldn't Want Your Daughter To Associate With.

I Never Had Much Interest In The Piano Until I Realized That Every Time I Played, A Girl Would Appear On The Piano Bench To My Left And Another To My Right.

Put It This Way: Jazz Is A Good Barometer Of Freedom... In Its Beginnings, The United States Of America Spawned Certain Ideals Of Freedom And Independence Through Which, Eventually, Jazz Was Evolved, And The Music Is So Free That Many People Say It Is The Only Unhampered, Unhindered Expression Of Complete Freedom Yet Produced In This Country.

Somehow I Suspect That If Shakespeare Were Alive Today, He Might Be A Jazz Fan Himself.