“I thought that I would like to be affiliated with some school or institution. As time went on, I also decided on the subject that I wanted to get involved with in addition to music: it was Black Studies.” WantedSchoolBlackStudySubjectsInvolvedDecidedInstitutionsGet Involved Author:Donald Byrd
“I was being ridiculed for going to school... But, you see, I had looked hard at the other musicians and the whole show-business scene... They were doing with jazz musicians what they usually reserved for rock n' roll cats: making them overnight successes, then overnight antiques.” HardWholeShowsSchoolRocksSceneMusicianCatJazzRock N RollShow BusinessJazz MusicReservedAntiquesJazz MusicianOvernight Success Author:Donald Byrd
