Three Wishes

While in conversation with Melba Liston, girl talk turned to the granting of three wishes and she told Pannonica that she would wish for:

1. “One thing I’m concerned about is the youth music program. Kids don’t have the opportunity they should have – kids with talent, I mean. There’s an awful lot of talking, but not enough doing. There should be a workshop, or a place where they’d have a chance to learn something besides rock “n’ roll. I would love to be able to do something about that.”
2. “The other things are personal…. I wish I had lots of money.”
3. “I wish I had equal opportunity according to energy, ability, and desire. And sex. Mainly sex.”

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

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