Amazing Quote by Kamasi Washington
“Gerald Wilson was one of my mentors: he was in his nineties before he passed and, literally, every time I saw him, he'd be like, 'Man, Kamasi, I've got this new thing! Nobody ever heard anything like this before!' It's amazing hanging out with somebody that was born in 1918.”
![“In adolescence I started to find out about Robert Wilson because I saw Lou Reed's "Timerocker" at [the Brooklyn Academy of Music]. I started getting into Jim Jarmusch and knew that my uncle was a friend of his. I pieced together parts of his life in high school and college, which lead me to his…” quote by Aaron Brookner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d47/aaron-brookner-54373_academy_in-adolescence-i-started-to-find-out-abo_2140691.jpg)
![“It was great to be around [Tony Walters] - he was like a father figure to me especially in my athletic background. That is a person I will never forget and share in all of my victories since I left there until I am done.” quote by Chris Algieri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5bd/chris-algieri-15307_athletic_it-was-great-to-be-around-tony-walters-h_503586.jpg)
![“[Eddie Locke] had a huge impact in my life. He was a great jazz drummer. He was mentored by Papa Joe Jones and he played for many years with Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge and actually got me on a gig with Roy Eldridge when I was 20 that I'll never forget.” quote by Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6c5/jon-gordon-1655_drummer_eddie-locke-had-a-huge-impact-in-my-life_3109910.jpg)
![“In a very real way Norman [Lear] godfathered me into my career. He was the best mentor anybody could have ever had.” quote by Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e10/richard-masur-16998_careers_in-a-very-real-way-norman-lear-godfather_1266846.jpg)
