People keep saying I was hard to work with like that’s a rumor and not a public service. by Miles Davis

I learned nothing hard, Dizzy, I just stopped arguing with people who clap off-beat.

Both of you are loud in very expensive ways, which is why the records work.

And you spent yours making the horn sound like it had rent due, respect the range.

Quincy, please, I’m just here to remind Miles he learned humility the hard way.

Public service? You spent half your career acting like the trumpet owed you money.