Composer Quotes

I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature.

I was part of it, and I am still part of it today in terms of what it means to a whole new generation of people who are interested in the enduring energy, achievements, spirit and creativity that exemplified our era.

I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.

Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village.

Even before he had one book published, Jack was one of those people you could feel was very special.

Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn at the Five Spot.

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.

A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington.

That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or anyone who creates anything - people want to be appreciated for what they have done.