Bebop Quotations | Page 2

We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides.

What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate.

I still prefer the bebop of the '40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle.

Musically, the bebop route was magnificent, but businesswise, it was the dumbest thing I ever did.

Bebop and hip-hop, in so many ways, they're connected. A lot of rappers remind me so much of bebop guys in terms of improvisation, beats and rhymes. My dream is to see hip-hop incorporated in education. You've got the youth of the world in the palm of your hand.

Oh yeah, that was the thing to do at that time. This was before the new wave of bebop started.