The Tallest Tree in Our Forest (1977 Video)

Dizzy Gillespie: Self - Musician

Quotes 

• Self - Musician : He used to come to see me. I remember one time in the midst of his troubles, you know, troubles he was having with the government, denial of opportunity to proceed, to pursue his livelihood. He'd just been at a meeting, there was a meeting on 125th Street, and I was appearing at the Apollo at the time. You know, I was in the audience to listen to him speak. And I went back to the theater and then I got a telegram, a little later, saying that he was in the show, he went and caught the performance, but, he didn't come back stage because he didn't want to subject me to any kind of harassment or anything. I said, I called him up and I said, "If I got to be harassed, by your presence, I'll take it. That'll be my cross to bear and let me bear my own cross" Yes, because, he was really something special.