u a hen née an eel

This blew me away.  I think my faves are the first and last.  “Just bc youre not a drummer, doesn’t mean you dont have to keep time.”  So true!  “They tried to get me to hate white people, but someone would always come along and spoil it.” :)

doublethink:

mrgan:

Thelonius Monk’s advice to saxophonist Steve Lacy (1960)

I love stuff like this. It makes me want to leave little profound notes to people that will be scanned in and admired 100 years from now when I’m in the icebox awaiting revival.