Charles Mingus Play Quotations

Most of the soloists at Birdland had to wait for Parker's next record in order to find out what to play next. What will they do now?

Life has many changes. Tomorrow it may rain, and it's supposed to be sunshine, 'cause it's summertime. But God's got a funny soul, he plays like Charlie Parker.

Just because I'm playing Jazz I don't forget about me. I play or write me the way I feel through Jazz.

In my music, I'm trying to play the truth of what I am.

Most customers, by the time the musicians reach the second set, are to some extent inebriated. They don't care what you play anyway.

I'm trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it's difficult is because I'm changing all the time.