Organizations, he explained, especially black organizations—are like jazz. If you don’t know shit about jazz and you went down to New Orleans and saw a bum playing the trumpet on one corner and Louis Armstrong on another, you wouldn’t know the difference. Know what I’m saying? People don’t know shit, Casey, so they can’t tell serious organizations apart from unserious organizations. You have to be serious. You have to use every opportunity to show others you are serious. Don’t nobody wanna do that, man.
