“But back to your question, it was a wonderful experience with the Art Ensemble, and I keep in contact and sort of follow what's going on, but it was also very important to make this step, you may say this leap of faith.”
“Well, actually, I don't consider myself a jazz legend or anything.”
“Only here, because of the illusion of intellectualism, our society separates the validity of human expression.”
“So all of the music had reference, or is inspired by something of the dharma that I've come in contact with.”
“We were doing performance art as far back as 1965, just not calling it that.”
“You know, face painting in non-Western cultures is a sign of collectivism, is a sign of one representing the community, it's not unique at all.”
“I've been informed by both sides, jazz, western music, Asian music, African music, all sides, because I've been interested in the sound of the universe, and that sound is without limit.”
“When Christopher and Charles passed away, I was completely depressed, I felt rejected and real down, and so Roscoe invited me because he had this spirit of compassion, and we had gone to school together, were friends and everything.”
“I've been fortunate in that I've been forced to move from zone to zone.”
“People doing the kind of sound research that I'm interested in still have a difficult time.”