Thelonious Monk Private Recording With Wife Excerpt (Circa 1961)
- Monk: It's the High Priest of Bepop talking.
- Nellie: (Laughing) Oh,God!
- Monk: The only one and only Thelonious Monk. The greatest pianist in the world.
- Nellie: Who'd you say you were?
- Monk: The High Priest of Bepop.
- Nellie: And?
- Monk: The one and only greatest musician.
- Nellie: And?
- Monk: The greatest musician that ever lived.
- Nellie: And?
- Monk: Huh? How much other shit you want me to be?
- Nellie: I don't know, darling, anything you want to be.
