Monk was a gentle person, gentle and beautiful, but he was strong as an ox. And if I had ever said something about punching Monk out in front of his face - and I never did - then somebody should have just come and got me and taken me to the madhouse, because Monk could have just picked my little ass up and thrown me through a wall.
Miles DavisSo What or Kind of Blue were done in that era, the right hour, the right day. It's over; it's on the record.
Miles Davis