The basic difference between classical music and jazz is that in the former the music is always graver than its performance - whereas the way jazz is performed is always more important than what is being played.

The basic difference between classical music and jazz is that in the former the music is always graver than its performance - whereas the way jazz is performed is always more important than what is being played.

If you're going to do good work, the work has to scare you.

There are a million things in music I know nothing about. I just want to narrow down that figure.