When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition.

When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem.

In nuclear war, all men are cremated equal.

Thelonius Monk was not exactly 'the guy next door'.

What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it.

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.

If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something.