What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate.
Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing.
His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better name to fit his style of playing?
Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name.
I like people not being able to be pigeon-holed.
I can imagine an utter hatred for the jazz avant-garde.