A.J. Albany > Quotes

“When you need to escape life's rough edges for a few hours, nothing could beat seeing a great film.”
― A.J. Albany

“Some kids would be much better off without the added confusion of an adult point of view. It destroys the purity of their world.”
― A.J. Albany, Low Down: Junk, Jazz, and Other Fairy Tales from Childhood

“Some kids would be much better off without the added confusion of an adult point of view.”
― A.J. Albany, Low Down: Junk, Jazz, and Other Fairy Tales from Childhood

“Once I made the mistake of saying I enjoyed listening to Lester Young over Charlie Parker, which solicited the response: “What the hell do you know?” It was true, I only knew what I liked, but in the often too-serious jazz scene, it seems what one likes isn’t valid unless backed up by a twenty-page dissertation. That attitude probably accounts for a certain percentage of jazz enthusiasts who are pedantic bores.”
― A.J. Albany, Low Down: Junk, Jazz, and Other Fairy Tales from Childhood