I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to me is jazz. But there are people who use the word 'jazz' only in a traditional sense, and they would be offended by that, and that's fine.
“While we are guarding the country, we must accept being the guardian of the finest ethics. The country needs it and we must do it.”
“There's a tremendous intellectual fervor among independent filmmakers, and that has to be cultivated.”