The beginning of the end is spawned with their fingers. They are rich for it. The future of our country, our culture, lies in ours. Yet we are shunned. Laughed at even. We work, we sweat, we are sleep deprived, we struggle. And thats just it, isn’t it? The struggle. Thats what makes our music important. Our music is what defines our culture. The American dream, really. We are American in this time, and thats precisely what makes what we do important for our future. Our children will know our struggle not through their history books, but through our music. It is what all jazz musicians have written of during their time. The struggle. And that is why this music will never die. It is too important, we are too important. Don’t work a desk job, don’t give in to the system. Our country was built on people just like us. People with ambition. Entrepreneurs. Write, play, teach, spread music. Don’t give in. Fight the good fight, and we will remember you.  We will hear your music and remember a time, a place, a feeling, and thus we will learn from our past. It is our destiny to be great, to be remembered. It is our destiny to be great.