Not One Ounce Of My Self Worth

Editing While You're Writing Is Like Strangling The Baby In The Crib.

It Was Messed Up, Because In 1947 My Family Moved To Seattle And I Had To Get Up At 5:00 O'clock In The Morning To Catch The Ferry Back To Bremerton Every Morning Because I Was Boys Club President.

I Was Raised In Chicago And I Guess That Was One Of The Special Breeding Grounds For Gangsters Of All Colors. That Was The Detroit Of The Gangster World. The Car Industry Was Thugs.

Count Basie Practically Adopted Me At 13. We Became Closer And Closer And I Ended Up Conducting For Him And Sinatra.

Jazz Has The Power To Make Men Forget Their Differences And Come Together... Jazz Is The Personification Of Transforming Overwhelmingly Negative Circumstances Into Freedom, Friendship, Hope, And Dignity.