There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were.

I can't stand loud guitars that make me deaf.

You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.

I feel more alive now than I ever have in my life. I have a chance to live, as I've dreamed.

You don't have to live next to me / Just give me my equality.

Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.

If I get an idea I put it on tape and somebody else writes it out.