A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.

Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans. It has given me something to live for.

Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.

Don't do nothing halfway, else you find yourself dropping more than can be picked up.

What we play is life.

I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right - shame on you.

If I don’t practice for a day, I know it. If I don’t practice for two days, the critics know it. And if I don’t practice for three days, the public knows it.

Each man has his own music bubbling up inside him.

And I think to myself what a wonderful world. Oh, yeah.

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.

I know ..you know .. Together, we know nothing.

A teacher can kindle your mind and let you memorize information, but true education is often self-education.

She was his north star, the fixed point round which his world turned. For as long as his heart beat, or hers, he believed they would always share a destiny.

Believing in negative thoughts is one of the greatest obstructions to success.

Our guilt has its uses. It justifies much in the lives of others.

I was never pushed into the religion by my mother or anyone else. I made up my own mind when I was old enough. I am not a religious person, but I am spiritual.

When you travel around Moscow, you can see almost every car is using a smartphone where they can see whats ahead of them.

When you’ve worked hard and done well and walked through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you.

I didn't know what was going on at the start in the swirling wind. The flags were all pointing in different directions and I thought the Irish had starched them just to fool us.

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.