You Can't Steal A Gift. Bird [charlie

I Try To Play The Bare Essence, To Let Everything Be Just What It's Supposed To Be In That Particular Spot...you Have Many Things To Pick From When You're Playing, So You Try To Train Yourself To Pick Out The Best Things That You Know.

I Was Blessed That I Got Married Early And Had A Good Wife. That Sort Of Kept Me Straight. Probably I Would Have Been Like Charlie Parker, You Know, Involved In Drugs Or Alcohol Or Something Like That If I Hadn't Had This Stability.

Bop Is At The End Of The Road. Now Everybody Wants Dance Music.

One Of The Reasons We're Here Is To Be A Part Of This Process Of Exchange.

They're Not Particular Whether You're Playing A Flat 5th Or A Ruptured 129th As Long As They Can Dance.