"Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a littl..." — Duke Ellington

Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.

On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine.

Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.