Three Wishes

Chief Bey told Baroness de Koenigswarter his three wishes were: 

1. 1. “To live in a world of complete freedom, where man does not lose his creative ability and his senses, and where his respect for the next man broadens by the day. And that the ultimate end of all his troubles, trials and tribulations would turn out to be for the good of every man. And that it will be a perpetuating thing, like the evergreen tree.”

   2. “That man should always worship in that which he believes, and live what he believes to such an extent that it shows in his every action. And  then he does not have to preach it to the world, that I am.”

   3. “My third and final wish: that there be no hunger. A little pain, a little suffering ~ enough to make one understand himself. So that I, as one of God’s creatures, that every time I perform, may it be for Him. And let me re-create again and yet again without repeating myself. And when I play, for dancers to dance to my drums. May there always be communication.”

*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

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