Europe was a very contentious subject in literature and yet jazz musicians still depended on Europe. Now it's not such a big deal.

Freedom is having real choice. This offers a limited amount of choices. This is participating in a very imperfect system that we're desperately hanging onto, that we don't want to see further eroded.

I can see criticizing, complaining, protesting - anything but choosing not to vote. Too many people died for us not to vote.

Hillary certainly needs the black vote, and Democrats need it. She's not doing anything too soon; she's raising her money and not wanting any issues to come back and bite her later. The black vote will be crucial for Hillary and so will the women's vote.

Europe was a very contentious subject in literature and yet jazz musicians still depended on Europe. Now it's not such a big deal.

The point of Berlin was that it seemed that only people like you ran the city. You never ran into people who weren't like you - especially when you lived as that kind of American in Berlin connected to the arts.

I can see Obama trying to be the president who suggests solutions for everyone who has experienced economic hardship.