“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
“I always thought that no matter what kind of work people did, they should involve themselves totally with all the discrimination they ran into.” PeopleShouldKindMatterNo Matter WhatDiscriminationRan Author:Charles Mingus
“I was always doing revolutionary things, things that would alert people, so they would stop being so subservient.” PeopleRevolutionarySubservient Author:Charles Mingus
“I, myself, came to enjoy the players who didn't only just swing but who invented new rhythmic patterns, along with new melodic concepts. And those people are: Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Parker, who is the greatest genius of all to me because he changed the whole era around.” PeopleArtWholeYoungEnjoyMusicPlayerChangedGeniusConceptsJazzPatternsErasSwingsJazz MusicMaxBudDizzyRoachesLester Young Author:Charles Mingus
“It (jazz) isn't like it used to be. The guys aren't together. They're all separated. Individuals now. Bird was a symbol. It was a clique, a clique of people. Who all believed in one thing: gettin' high. And playin'.” PeopleTogetherUsedGuyIndividualOne ThingBirdJazzUsed To BeSymbolsClique Author:Charles Mingus
