I Don't Think That There Has Been

To Say That An Artist Sells Out Means That An Artist Is Making A Conscious Choice To Compromise His Music, To To Weaken His Music For The Sake Of Commercial Gain.

I Think My Expectations For Myself Are Much More Severe And Much More Direct. You Can't Work On A Film For Six Years Without Being Your Own Toughest Critic. So You Can't Really Be Distracted By The Expectations Based On Your Previous Performance.

By Its Very Nature, No One Person Can Ever Be The Center Of Jazz.

The Genius Of Our Country Is Improvisation, And Jazz Reflects That. It's Our Great Contribution To The Arts.

You Can Learn As Much About The History From Reading About The Present As You Can Vice Versa, That Is Learning About The Present Through History, Which Is What I Do For A Living.