More from Charles Mingus
- Statement in Mainliner (July 1977), as quoted in Creativity and the writing process (1982) by Olivia Bertagnolli, p. 182
More about music
- ?UnattributedOften credited to Steve Martin
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In my music, I’m trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it’s difficult is because I’m changing all the time.
Statement to Nat Hentoff , as quoted in California Rock, California Sound: The Music of Los Angeles and Southern California (1979) by Anthony Fawcett, p. 56
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