One of the things polio does is it takes away your energy. They don't know very much about it. They should be a lot more aware of what polio is.

I never heard anything so brilliant in my life as I did that first time I heard Ornette. He played like some revolutionary angel. Soon, we were rehearsing in his place, music scattered everywhere, and he was telling me to play outside the chord changes, which was exactly what I had been wanting to do. Now I had permission.

Mostly I play with records. I play with my friend Bill Evans.

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