The history of jazz lets us know that this period in our history is not the only period we've come through together. If we truly understood the history of our national arts, we'd know that we have mutual aspirations, a shared history, in good times and bad.

Thank the good Lord for a job.

The history of jazz lets us know that this period in our history is not the only period we've come through together. If we truly understood the history of our national arts, we'd know that we have mutual aspirations, a shared history, in good times and bad.

Love is the spiritual essence of what we do. Technique is the manifestation of the preparation and investment as a result of the love.

Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence.

My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He had lived in an America of continual social progress.

Sustained intensity equals ecstacy.