Charles Mingus Professions : Bassist Born : April 22, 1922 Died : January 5, 1979 Browse All Authors Top 43 quotes by Charles Mingus Jazz is the language of the emotions. Charles Mingus jazz emotion language I'm going to keep on finding out the kind of man I am through my music. That's the one place I can be free. But the reason it's difficult is because I'm changing all the time. Charles Mingus i-am man music time I am Charles Mingus. Half-black man. Yellow man. Half-yellow. Not even yellow, nor white enough to pass for nothing but black and not too light enough to be called white. Charles Mingus i-am man black light Similar Authors Ashley Purdy bassist Billy Sheehan bassist Bill Laswell bassist David Hood bassist David Ellefson bassist Dan Feiszli bassist All Authors