Music is really something that makes people whole.

I had a moment like that with Wilt (Chamberlain). He knocked me out of bounds, I came back and faked him, came across the middle and dunked on him.

I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success.

Music is really something that makes people whole.

Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.

With 300 million people in America, you can fail to impress 299 million of them and still go platinum.

The only reason is that I hadn't seen The Modern Jazz Quartet perform live and a live performance is often where the real experience of jazz takes place. I'm not familiar with the Boswell Sisters.