Charles Mingus Quotes

"I'm too busy playing. When I'm playing I don't pay attention to who's listening. When I was listening I listened to symphony orchestras, Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Stravinsky. You don't listen to one instrument; you listen to music." - Charles Mingus

Sun Ra Quotes

"Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper structure, those with money and power." - Sun Ra

Wynton Marsalis Quotes

"There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising." - Wynton Marsalis