E. A. Davis Quotes

I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.

We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.

In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That's a little bit too much.

The older you get, the more you realize that the way you look is a reflection of how you treat yourself.

A writer must have all the confidence in the world when writing the first draft and none whatsoever when editing subsequent drafts.

The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some friends I would have liked to grow old with.

There’s no snobbery like that of the poor toward one another.

The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.

I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.

My dad instilled in me a great sense of humor. I wasn't bullied at school because my outward attitude was confident, and that helps.

This time, instead of moving oceans and healing planets, let's get our bills in order and pay down the debt so we control our own future.

Once I get outside my house in the morning, I'm on.

I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.

Women are the essential part of the theater but the writers are not writing about women. I think they're too perplexed about the whole female situation probably.

It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom...never .

You can't play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn't played

I gave the album [You're Under Arrest] to Quincy Jones and he loved "D Train". We couldn't call it "D Train"; it's called "MDI/Something's On Your Mind/MD2". That's on the album.

The real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway.

You are my sunshine my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You'll never know dear how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away.

We're going to march on Washington with a host of Republicans, Democrats, business leaders, legislators.

Sometimes it would be nice to just have some red wine with dinner, but it's not worth the risk. I have a great life, a great situation. Why would I want to risk self-destructive behaviour?

Trane was the perfect saxophonist for Monk's music because of the space that Monk always used. Trane could fill up all that space with all them chords and sounds he was playing then.

With "We Are The World," I can't even eat when I watch that on television. If I'm eatin' some food, I have to put it down. I feel very strongly about that.

Relationships are such that if one person changes, the relationship changes.

Dave [Holland] plays the way he wants to play. And it's usually what's needed. You know, Dave is such a deep thinker. You can't tell him too much, else it might spoil his spirit, you know.

In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language - as you say, sort of mime-type skills.

Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.

Like a tropical storm, I, too, may one day become ‘better organized.

As you get older, you can suffer from painful hips, and our joints wear a lot quicker than for people of average height.

The music speaks for itself!

To have that powder blown up your nose is rather like being shot out of a rifle barrel lined with Baroque paintings and landing on a sea of electricity.

He who fills His pockets with the Rocks of Misdeeds shall surely sink in the River of Good Fortune.

What I want to do is create more taxpayers, not more taxes.

It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish Nation.

Cease trying to work everything out with your minds, it will get you nowhere.

Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say that that's not something you can stand behind - it confuses me. I think it's a really great word.

Something deep within me connected with hard work, nature and simplicity.

Conducting has more to do with singing and breathing than with piano-playing.

Adoption is a beautiful picture of redemption. It is the Gospel in my living room.

A wheat belly represents the accumulation of fat that results from years of consuming foods that trigger insulin, the hormone of fat storage.

If you're not making some mistakes, it probably means you're not trying hard enough.

I'm out there doing the best that I can, My lip is cut and I'm still playing.

Listen to your dreams. They are the whispers of your heart telling you all you'll ever need to be happy.

One of the best feelings I had growing up was being completely exhausted at the end of the day after playing outside all day.

You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost captain of his time, driving a bargain or paring a potato, just as you would do.

In terms of addiction, there is nothing more powerful than men's toys.

The one thing you don't want is that stale sound when you've done a line so much you can't find a fresh approach to it. Drop it.

When you work with great musicians, they are always a part of you . . . their spirits are walking around in me, so they're still here and passing it on to others.

There is a certain swagger with vampires.

That's how I digest it, 'cause I can press the fast-forward button and I know that I'm gonna have to continue to be an actor, continue to make choices, continue to perform in a show every week.