To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music.
To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music.
Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music.
When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a black classical pianist.
How do you explain what it feels like to get on the stage and make poetry that you know sinks into the hearts and souls of people who are unable to express it.
I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going to die.
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