If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.
Tomorrow, I might be in a different mood and you wouldn't recognize my voice.
Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
I applied for a scholarship to Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. I knew I was good enough, but they turned me down. And it took me about six months to realize it was because I was black. I never really got over that jolt of racism at the time.
This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be married last year, and I bought a gown. When I meet Nelson Mandela, I shall put on this gown and have the train of it removed and put aside, and kiss the ground that he walks on and then kiss his feet.