Donald Byrd Quotes
I can take any series of numbers and turn it into music, from Bach to bebop, Herbie Hancock to hip-hop.
Here in Seattle, I'm the most productive I've ever been. I don't allow myself personal distractions. I'm extremely disciplined here.
My concerns have been about myself and not about giving something back and putting something in, even though that's been in the back of my head.
My work sometimes can be abstract and appear not to have a direct relationship to Afro-American concerns, but, in fact, it is based on that.