| «.led an enormous band.» |
| Swede: «Oh, But I know he’s very lucky too, because when Mingus dies there’s |
| gonna be the same funeral they had for Duke Ellington… in a big church and |
| the whole country’s going to say, wow, he was so far out, you know what i mean? |
| Charles: «No man, no big church! I’m going to be buried man — I got my shit all |
| figured out!» |
| Swede: «You're going to get a big funeral — you’re famous!» |
| Charles: «Vedanta Society, India, I’m going to be buried in India!» |
| Swede: «I know, but you’re going to get a big funeral in this country, |
| and they’ll play your music for two days» |
| Charles: «Who's going to do that?» |
| Swede: «It's far out isn’t it, y’know what I mean?» |
| Charles: «…You want me to hurry up, man» |
| Swede: «No I don’t want you to hurry up, but in the future, I know you’re going |
| to get a beautiful funeral — I can see it!» |
| Charles: «But I got it all planned, man!» |
| Swede: «…You're going to be here many more years.» |
| Charles: «You know the Vedanta Society in India. Yuga?» |
| Swede: «Yeah» |
| Charles: «Well I’m going to be buried by that church» |
| Swede: «Yeah?» |
| Charles: «So they gotta find another place to do it, that’s all.» |
| Swede: «…Plenty of time to go. You have another fifty years… you’re lucky!» |
| Charles: «Uh, Duke lived to be 77 years old right?» |
| Swede: «Right!» |
| Charles: «I'm gonna cut him!» |
| Swede: «Coltrane was very strong, you know…» |
| Charles: «I'm gonna cut Duke!» |