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I Compulsively Reach For Perfection In Music, Often At The Expense Of Everything Else In My Life.

The Value Of Jazz Still Has To Be Clarified. People Involve Themselves With Its Superficialities Without Digging For Its Soul.

My Dark Sound Could Be Heard Across A Room Clearer Than Somebody With A Reedy Sound. It Had More Projection. My Sound Always Seemed To Fill A Room.

I Never Consciously Tried To Conceive Of What My Sound Should Be.

There Are Four Qualities Essential To A Great Jazzman. They Are Taste, Courage, Individuality, And Irreverence.