I Merely Took The Energy It Takes

The Problem Of Expressing The Contributions That Benny Carter Has Made To Popular Music Is So Tremendous It Completely Fazes Me, So Extraordinary A Musician Is He.

You've Got To Find A Way Of Saying It Without Saying It.

It's Like An Act Of Murder - You Play With Intent To Commit Something.

You Have To Stop Listening In Categories. The Music Is Either Good Or It's Bad.

Billy Strayhorn Was My Right Arm, My Left Arm, All The Eyes In The Back Of My Head, My Brainwaves In His Head, And His In Mine.