Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition and requires a lot of thought and study.

The rebuilding of New Orleans is an important point in the history of the United States.

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

You need a team. You need people to push you. You need opponents.

We no longer want to be a melting pot, because we don't understand what is already melted.

Young kids are always singing and painting. When you get to that second and third grade level, you're supposed to put all that aside.

Benny Goodman's band was integrated before baseball. Even before it was physically integrated, music was integrated. Everyone listened to Armstrong and Ellington. The 20s was called the Jazz Age. It's part of being American.