Quotes from Lester Bowie

Jazz is neither specific repertoire, nor academic exercise... but a way of life.

Play as well as you can all the time, and if you're truthful to your thing, you'll succeed.

A lot of jazz is like that; it sells over a period of time.

These record companies are going to be going out of business pretty soon, because people are just going to be downloading what they want to hear.

I'm only involved really right now with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and the Brass Fantasy.

Because I believe that the future of the music lies in the Internet. It can be sold on the Internet.