The Human Being Receives The Pleasure From

I Would Like To Play For Audiences Who Are Not Using My Music To Stimulate Their Sex Organs.

You've Got To Realize. In The Western World, Regardless Of What Color You Are, What Title The Music Is, It's All Played By The Same Notes.

Jazz Is The Only Music In Which The Same Note Can Be Played Night After Night But Differently Each Time.

After I Found Out That I Was Playing Music And That I'd Have To Learn How To Read And Write Music, I Started Doing That About Two Years Later. Finally, I Said, "oh, That Means What I Really Want To Do Is To Be A Composer." But When I Was Coming Up In Texas, There Was Segregation. There Was No Schools To Go To. I Taught Myself How To Read And How To Start Writing.

Only America Makes You Feel That Everybody Wants To Be Like You. That's What Success Is: Everybody Wants To Be Like You.