People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit down at a concert. And it's jazz music-it's not easy for them to get to it. I don't want them ever to feel that I'm taking their presence lightly.
I dress up a certain way because I respect the music.
People look at me and they go 'You're white you're smart you must have...
Democracy... is a charming form of government full of variety and disorder and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.