“The United States is not a nation of black and white people. Any fool ...” — Albert Murray Quote

“The United States is not a nation of black and white people. Any fool can see that white people are not really white, and that black people are not black.”

“A jazz tune, melody, or composition is usually based on either a traditional twelve-bar, eight-bar, or four-bar blues chorus or on the thirty-two-bar chorus of the American popular song.”

“Now, one can often get away with playing music by ear when it is not being recorded, but writing is another matter; its mistakes are not forgotten because they are still there to confuse us.”

“Yeah, I always had the habit of translating a lot of Black Sabbath records - that's kinda like how I first learned English, translating records.”

“We invented the Black Forest trifle. It's got all the flavours of the Black Forest Gateau but in a trifle, using chocolate custard. You've got your kirsch, your cherries, the chocolate custard, the sponge and the cream.”

“Life is about choices. Some we regret, some were proud of. Some will haunt us forever. 'Black Rain' was very much about choices. The message - we are what we chose to be.”