My work has been marginalized as far as the jazz-business complex is concerned, or the contemporary-music complex.

There is more to creative mastership than the surface of satisfaction and political certainty. The music of Joe Fonda is part of a living tradition of belief and dedication. Future historians will be surprised at the breadth of Mr. Fonda's offerings. This is a real virtuoso and composer of the highest order.

My work has been marginalized as far as the jazz-business complex is concerned, or the contemporary-music complex.

The word music is a convenient way to talk about what I'm interested in, but actually, in some ways, it's a limitation.

I am viewed as the Negro who has gone outside of the categories assigned to me.

Is jazz a rhythm, or is it a vibration?

Most African Americans, especially the men and women from my generation, would accept the nationalist gambit that says only European Americans can be racists, which is an interesting gambit.