Men Have Died For This Music. You

Miles Got A Mystique About Him-plus He's At The Top Of His Profession. And He's Got Way, Way, Way More Money.

I Think The Idea Is Now For Blacks To Write About The History Of Our Music. It's Time For That, Because Whites Have Been Doing It All The Time. It's Time For Us To Do It Ourselves And Tell It Like It Is.

Everyone Wants To Put People On, I Think. And Get Away With It! That's The Thing: Put People On And Get Away With It! That's A Science In Itself.

I Try To Play The Bare Essence, To Let Everything Be Just What It's Supposed To Be.

Nothing Surpasses My Performances With Small Bands, Especially With Charlie Parker. A Small Band Doesn't Forestall Creativity.