“And what gift of America to the rest of the world is actually most appreciated by the rest of the world? It is African American jazz and its offshoots. What is my definition of jazz? "Safe sex of the highest order.”
“What is my definition of jazz? 'Safe sex of the highest order.”
“To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music.”
“We see the world in terms of history, not money. That's the main difference between us and the rest of the world - we appreciate man's foibles, passions, and beliefs, while the rest of the world appreciates their coins.”
“You will never know what the meaning of Jazz is if ask what it means.”
“Holy flowers floating in the air, were all these tired faces in the dawn of Jazz America.”