Whatever Coast He's On, A Man Should

I Am Charles Mingus, Half Black Man, Not Even White Enough To Pass For Nothing But Black. I Am Charles Mingus, A Famed Jazzman, But Not Famed Enough To Make A Living In This Society.

That Sound In Tune To You?.. Sounds Sharp To Me. Sounds Like I'm Playing Sharp All The Time. My Singing Teacher Told Us You Should Do That. Maybe I Got It From Her. She Said Singers When They Grow Old Have A Tendency To Go Flat. So If You Sing Sharp As A Young Person, As You Get Older And Go Flat, You'll Be In Tune. In Other Words, It's Never Thought Good To Be Flat. It Means You Can't Get To The Tone.

Since The White Man Says He Came From The Evolution Of Animals, Well, Maybe The Black Man Didn't. The White Man Has Made So Many Errors In The Handling Of People That Maybe He Did Come From A Gorilla Or A Fish And Crawl Up On The Sand And Then Into The Trees. Of Course, Evolution Doesn't Take God Into Consideration. I Don't Think People Learned To Do All The Things They Do Through Evolution.

My Music Is Evidence Of My Souls Will To Live.

Jazz Music Is A Language Of The Emotions.