Those Who Play For Applause....tha T’s All

When I Came To New York, To Brooklyn, I Met Alvin Ailey And Stanley Crouch And August Wilson. They Were Always Putting Things In A Philosophical Context. All The Great Jazz Musicians Did, Too. There Was Always A Sub-context To What They Were Saying About Music Even Though They Would Be Very Down Home And Earthy. So I Started To Develop, In Addition To My Power And Ability To Simply Hear, A Way To Place Myself In A Time.

You Need A Team. You Need People To Push You. You Need Opponents.

The Duke And Swing Represent Affirmation In The Face Of Adversity.

It Was Dr. King's Tireless Activism That Fostered Our Modern Way Of Relating To One Another.

Jazz Comes From Our Way Of Life, And Because It's Our National Art Form, It Helps Us To Understand Who We Are.