‘Music is the First Language’ — Randy Weston Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Literary Tee — Muscle Tank

“Music is the first language.” Randy Weston said this in his later years, in an interview with the National Endowment for the Arts — the Brooklyn-born pianist had spent decades tracing jazz back through African rhythm, living in Morocco and setting it all down in his 2010 autobiography African Rhythms. He meant it as anthropology: rhythm reached us before words did, which is why music still crosses borders speech gets stopped at.

**Bella+Canvas 3483 — Muscle Tank (Black only for now, Color finish).** A white option isn’t available from our printer at the moment — we’ll add it the moment it is. 100% combed & ring-spun cotton, 4.2 oz, 30 singles. Unisex muscle fit, crew neck, cut-off sleeves, wide armholes, side-seamed, pre-shrunk. Care: machine wash cold with like colors, tumble dry low, no bleach, cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).