Art Is Whatever Makes You Proud To

Hope Is Delicate Suffering.

I'd Say I'm A Revolutionary Optimist. I Believe That The Good Guys -the People- Are Going To Win.

My Responsibility Is To Truth And Beauty.

You Can't Be An American Without Being Related To Other Americans.

The Further Jazz Moves Away From The Stark Blue Continuum And The Collective Realities Of Afro-american And American Life, The More It Moves Into Academic Concert-hall Lifelessness, Which Can Be Replicated By Any Middle Class Showing Off Its Music Lessons.