Miles told me to stop listening to critics who said that I was a clone of his. He said, ‘I know what you’re trying to do. You keep doing what you’re doing. Because if you don’t, and [you] listen to them, they will be playing… Don’t Let Them Play You April 1st, 2020
You don’t know what love is, until you’ve learned the meaning of the blues, until you’ve loved a love you’ve had to lose. Chet Baker September 11th, 2017
By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn’t want your daughter to associate with. Duke Ellington July 24th, 2015
