Carla Bley

I write very slowly.

When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.

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.

Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.

Jokes are very curious things psychologically.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.