I remember my first friend who got sick. It was 1981, and the disease was called the gay cancer. I don't think the word 'AIDS' came out until '84. I just remember it being terrifying as more people got sick. We didn't know how you could catch it, you heard all kinds of crazy things.
“People think that just because you're a center, you're not as smart as the guards or the smaller guys.”
“Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about jazz music.”