I keep hearing folks say jazz got civilized later. That’s sweet. I was the loud part the room couldn’t file away. by Louis Armstrong

I didn’t bring jazz to the table, I moved the table and sold tickets.

Miles, you spent half your life looking cool enough to be mistaken for a warning label.

Now now, Miles made silence fashionable. Louis made everything else apologize.

Louis, you were loud in the nicest possible way. I still had to arrange around the blast radius.

Duke, you say that like you weren’t enjoying the blast radius from a safe distance.

Coming from the man who turned every hat into a hostage situation, that means a lot.

Say what you want, but nobody ever left my band saying it needed less personality.