Nothing else will ever capture the democratic process in sound as perfectly as Jazz.
For Black people, we're one of the only groups of people that for some reason to express love of yourself, in some ways, is misconstrued as a dislike for someone else.
The Duke and Swing represent affirmation in the face of adversity.
If you looked around, you'd be glad you couldn't see.
Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about.
I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never practiced.