Miles Davis Quotes

"If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I'd spend it choking a white man. I'd do it nice and slow." - Miles Davis (During an interview, after growing aggravated about questions on the subject of race.)

Louis Armstrong Quotes

"The Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in ... Guys would drink and fight one another like circle saws. Bottles would come flying over the bandstand like crazy and there was lots of plain common shooting and cutting. But somehow all that jive didn't faze me at all. I was so happy to have some place to blow my horn." - Louis Armstrong

source: Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans (1954)

Ornette Coleman Quotes

"I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles." - Ornette Coleman

Cab Calloway Quotes

"What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't." - Cab Calloway