Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.
I think risk-taking is a great adventure. And life should be full of adventures.
Inspiration is constantly in the air. It's up to us to develop the sensitivity to pick up on it.
When a human being is oppressed, the natural tendency is to feel anger. Jazz is a response to oppression that is not bullets and blood. Jazz is the expression of harmony ... and at the same time of hope and freedom.
Oscar Peterson is the greatest living influence on jazz pianists today.
Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique.