Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people.
Bebop is the music of the future (as soon as they learn how to play it).
Jazz is a beautiful word. I love it.
If you can't play the Blues you might as well hang it up.
In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.
To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche.