To Most White People, Jazz Means Black

That Is Why We Fly From The Inner Void, Since God Might Steal Into It. It Is Not The Pursuit Of Pleasure And The Aversion For Effort Which Causes Sin, But Fear Of God. We Know That We Cannot See Him Face To Face Without Dying, And We Do Not Want To Die.

My People Have Very Subtle Slang, Inflections And Ways Of Saying Things That Has Little To Do With Words. If You're From The Same Place, You'll Feel The Jargon And Know Exactly What's Happening. Same With Any Neighborhood Cat. What He Sees And Hears And Feels And Lives Makes Him What He Is. That's What Blues Is.

I Tell You What Freedom Is To Me: No Fear.

I Can Read And Arrange, But I Can't Write.

It Is Difficult To Retain Your Standards With The Pressure Of Trying To Make Money, Which Always Has Its Rules...it's Hard To Walk The Tightrope Of Doing What You Think Is Your Best And Making Money At It.