Thelonius Monks’s Advice to Saxophonist Steve Lacy (1960)

I’m not sure where Neven found this, but I’ve come to think that it might be good advice for anyone alive, regardless of musical inclination.

A bit of it is hard to make out, but some of my favorite bits include, “They tried to make me hate white people, but someone always came along and spoiled it,” “A genius is the one most like himself,” and “Stop playing all those weird notes. Play the melody!”