The only excuse for being broke is being in Jail.
Sounds of daily life are musical. I try to absorb the intricacies of sounds as if I were listening to music.
Jazz is such a powerful cultural statement that it's almost as if it's intertwined with society.
Whenever there's a change with Jazz & its aesthetics, it's almost always reflected with a change in the culture.
I try to listen attentively to musical sounds around me. You can think of the sounds of daily life as being musical. So I try to absorb the intricacies of the sounds as I would if I were listening to a piece of music. I try to see the beauty in everything.
The hardest part of playing the trumpet is the physical act of making the sound.
For men, the answer was always the same and never farther away than the nearest sword. For a woman, a mother, the way was stonier and harder to know.
When you stop hoping you start settling.
Childhood, after all, is the first precious coin that poverty steals from a child.
Every time I hear the word conservative it makes me sick to my stomach.