Art leaves something to the listener; that's what separates art from craft.

Music should go right through you, leave some of itself inside you, and take some of you with it when it leaves.

If you go back to the roots of jazz, it was all about COLLECTIVE improvisation.

Principles in a poor is admirable as politeness in a prince.

Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business.

Is detachment the answer to freedom? No, because detachment is negative - it is to be without. The answer must be positive - I must replace what I have with something better.

In all my years as an actor, I had never been me - I had always hidden behind my glasses, mustaches and funny voices.

My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often.

This fond reiteration of the oldest expressions of truth by the latest posterity, content with slightly and religiously retouchingthe old material, is the most impressive proof of a common humanity.

How little room Do we take up in death, that, living, know No bounds!

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail.

Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

I want to be the best, it's not about the ranking, it's about being consistent.