Charles Mingus Quotes

Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

My music is evidence of my soul's will to live.

I'm trying to play the truth of what I am. The reason it's difficult is because I'm changing all the time.

Anybody can make the simple complecated. Creativity is making the complecated simple.