“I admire anyone who can come up with something original. But not originality alone, because there can be originality in stupidity, with no musical description of any emotion or any beauty the man has seen, or any kind of life he has lived.” MenKindEmotionHe ManOriginalsMusicalCome UpStupidityAdmireDescriptionOriginality Author:Charles Mingus
“Since the white man says he came from the evolution of animals, well, maybe the black man didn't. The white man has made so many errors in the handling of people that maybe he did come from a gorilla or a fish and crawl up on the sand and then into the trees. Of course, evolution doesn't take God into consideration. I don't think people learned to do all the things they do through evolution.” PeopleThinkingMenWellsMadeGodCoursesBlackWhiteAnimalTreeEvolutionErrorsFishesSandConsiderationWhite ManGorillas Author:Charles Mingus
“Whatever coast he's on, a man should be himself. I don't write in any particular idiom, I write Charles Mingus.” MenShouldWritingStyleParticularCoastIdiom Author:Charles Mingus
“I am Charles Mingus, half black man, not even white enough to pass for nothing but black. I am Charles Mingus, a famed jazzman, but not famed enough to make a living in this society.” MenEnoughBlackWhiteHalfJazzThis Society Author:Charles Mingus
