Music is very important. It's important as a tool for learning, it can be a tool for healing, it can be no telling what, as long as we remain free to be able to create the music, to be able to experiment and to really research, and to really get time to develop the music.
Lester BowieThey always say that jazz doesn't sell, but it's a lie, because it does sell, and it sells consistently year in and year out.
Lester BowieWhat I've been trying to do for years is to get the music played on a station other than jazz stations, you know, to expand the audience.
Lester BowieBecause people really got tired, too, of the same old formatted sort of thing, and the same old formatted music.
Lester Bowie