What I don't like is when people feel like they can box an artist into who they think an artist should be.

Abstract Expressionism - the first American movement to have a worldwide influence - was remarkably short-lived: It heated up after World War II and was all but done for by 1960 (although visit any art school today and you'll find a would-be Willem de Kooning).

Fortunately, as we all know, it's impossible for anybody but Jimmy Smith to really sound like Jimmy Smith.

I know that some of the characters I played were trash. But then, I chose to take up those roles, as I enjoyed doing them.