Theres so much beautiful music in the world, and the kids are getting robbed.
BILLY HIGGINSTheres so much beautiful music in the world, and the kids are getting robbed.
BILLY HIGGINSIf I couldn’t do it, then I’d be defeated. I’ve got the tools to do it. I never did question my tools.
BILLY HIGGINSJazz needs the help. It’s the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn’t.
BILLY HIGGINSI enjoy seeing young people being interested in what they can do.
BILLY HIGGINSBecause the stuff that they feed kids now, they’ll have a bunch of idiots in the next millennium as far as art and culture is concerned.
BILLY HIGGINSYou know the drum was the first instrument besides the human voice.
BILLY HIGGINSThe people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.
BILLY HIGGINSBut anything that you hear about Japan is nothing like what you see when you actually go over there and see it, you know, in a real situation.
BILLY HIGGINSIf somebody would come and they’re not playing music, they would encounter certain people on another level.
BILLY HIGGINSI might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan.
BILLY HIGGINSThe French – they like jazz, theyve been on jazz a long time.
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