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

I would find myself backing away from all of the 'isms,' all of the communities. I have always been able to be misused by every community But that is OK. I would rather be misused than neglected.

I am interested in the study of music and the discipline of music and the experience of music and music as a esoteric mechanism to continue my real intentions.

So, yes, I am in the underground, but actually, it feels like home.

I'm seeking to have an art that is engaged as a way for saying, 'Hurray for unity.

I thank the Creator of the universe to have discovered the discipline of music was the greatest gift that I could have been given, the possibility to be a student working in the world.

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