I've known those pieces ever since I was about 16 or 17; I also at that time was taken to meet Charles Ives whom I got to know fairly well. He was the one who wrote a recommendation for me to get into college.
“I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.”
“Communities don't have rights. Only individuals in the community have rights.”