Tastes are created by the business interests. How else can you explain the popularity of Al Hirt?
Bach is how buildings got taller. It's how we got to the moon.
If someone has been escaping reality, I don't expect him to dig my music.
Making the simple complicated is commonplace.
Life has many changes. Tomorrow it may rain, and it's supposed to be sunshine, 'cause it's summertime. But God's got a funny soul, he plays like Charlie Parker.
Just because I'm playing jazz I don't forget about me. I play or write me, the way I feel, through jazz, or whatever.