"I know you're supposed to set goals for yourself. I see all that motivational stuff on television. Think about the future, what's next! But I'm all into the journey. It's fascinating to me. So if I make certain what I want moment to moment, I'm cool at the crossroads."
"Miles Davis was doing something inherently African, something that has to do with all forms of American music, not just jazz."
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Source: Cassia Leo (2014). “Black Box”, p.17, Random House
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