A legend is an old man with a cane known for what he used to do. I'm still doing it.
Bebop was about change, about evolution. It wasn't about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
I'll play it first and tell you what it is later.
My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.
Sometimes you have to play for a long time to be able to play like yourself.
That was my gift -- having the ability to put certain guys together that would create a chemistry and then letting them go letting them play what they knew, and above it.
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