Thank The Good Lord For A Job.

Jazz Celebrates Older Generations And Not Just The Youth Movement. When You "sell" Only To People Of A Certain Age, You Get Cut Off From The Main Body Of Experience. The Power Of Couple Dancing And Courtship, It's Elegant, And You Wouldn't Realize America Was Once A Nation Of Dancers And Singers Today. People Of All Races Could Dance And Sing.

The Bandstand Is A Sacred Place.

Milk In A Mother's Breast-that's Cool. Milk In A Mouth-that's Cool Too. But Milk In My Trumpet? Not So Cool. I Have To Play That Thing.

I Grew Up In The South, In New Orleans, Where Guys Torture You All The Time. So I Didn't Really Grow Up On The Self-esteem Campaign. When You Were Lousy At Something, They Told You You Were Lousy, And They Told You How To Fix It.

There Really Have Only Ever Been A Few People In Each Generation Who Step Out, Are Willing To Put Themselves On The Line, And Risk Everything For Their Beliefs.