Thelonious Monk Quote

I don't know where it's going. Maybe it's going to hell. You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.


When questioned as to the future of jazz, as quoted in Jet magazine (31 March 1960), p. 30


I don't know where it's going. Maybe it's going to hell. You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.

I don't know where it's going. Maybe it's going to hell. You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.

I don't know where it's going. Maybe it's going to hell. You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.

I don't know where it's going. Maybe it's going to hell. You can't make anything go anywhere. It just happens.