Music is a reservoir... of sounds.
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.
Thelonius Monk was not exactly 'the guy next door'.
Bebop is the music of the future (as soon as they learn how to play it).
Jazz to me is a living music.
In nuclear war, all men are cremated equal.