T. S. Monk Quotes

I was born in 1949, at the end of the swing era�the beginning of the bebop era. I did some growing up with Duke and Ella Fitzgerald. But, I also grew up listening to Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Fats Domino and The Big Bopper�in my formative years, during the 50s.
T. S. Monk

I went away to a private school in Derrien, Connecticut during the 1960s�a very white school, very preppy and very incubated, where I experienced the Bee Gees, the Beatles, Jimmy Hendrix�all that stuff; all the rock and roll which I wouldn�t have been exposed to being in an all African-American community. But, since I grew up with all those middle class kids, I grew up with all that.
T. S. Monk

You know, I�m a drummer and a bandleader. So, right there, I gotta do a lot of different things. But, this album is on my own label. That�s pretty much what this is about�me trying to connect with my audience.
T. S. Monk