I am a person who thinks about the music first in trying to achieve something musically valid.
Sonny RollinsJazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that what we need is more of an official recognition.
Sonny RollinsMusic represents nature. Nature represents life. Jazz represents nature. Jazz is life.
Sonny RollinsJazz is an endless source of ideas, because you can use anything. You can play operatic arias. You can incorporate them into jazz. You can play gypsy music and incorporate it into jazz. You can European classical and you can incorporate it into jazz. You can use anything and jazz it up, as they used to say.
Sonny Rollins