Johnny Griffin talks about happiness

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Johnny Griffin on working with Thelonious Monk

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Q: “Of everybody you worked with, you had the most admiration for Monk?”

A: “Yes, Thelonius. Yes, I admired Thelonius more than anyone else, you know, just for the man himself. I'd been with Monk when he was getting unemployment compensation from New York State in the 40s and I was with him when they acclaimed him as the greatest, you know, working in the five spots, you know, he's getting all this acclaim and the man had never changed. He never changed. He was a beautiful person.”