The sign of a mature musician is knowing what not to play.
Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that.
I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition.
I think the idea is now for blacks to write about the history of our music. It's time for that, because whites have been doing it all the time. It's time for us to do it ourselves and tell it like it is.
One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.
Learn to play the piano, man, and then you can figure out crazy solos of your own.