Benny Goodman plays the clarinet. I play music.

'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a 'swing band' in music.

If you don’t see the wonder in the most ordinary phenomenon, you’re not going to resonate very much.

If you wanna dance, a windshield wiper'll do it-all you need is a beat.

I did all you can do with a clarinet. Any more would have been less.

Jazz was born out of the whiskey bottle, was raised on marijiana, and will expire on cocaine.

You have no idea of the women I didn't marry.

An audience is in many respects no more than a mob under loose control.

The good old days are neither better nor worse than the ones we're living through right now.

An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself.

Somebody asked me once, 'Do you think that swing will ever come back?' And I said, 'Do you think the 1938 Ford will ever come back?'

Prayer not only teaches and strengthens one for work, work teaches and strengthens one for prayer.

I had to hope there was more to life than death. More to living than not dying.

Imagine reality, reality will imagine you.

All of us deserve a greater peace of mind, knowing that our children are better protected wherever they are.

I have a lot of different influences. Everything from Maroon 5, Gwen Stefani, The Clash, Kanye West - just a lot of different artists.

My values are non-negotiable. And if it means not getting a role, it means not getting a role.

Youth is immortal; Tis the elderly only grow old!

Mine is an enthusiastic and dionysian pessimism, like a flame that sets my vital exuberance ablaze, that mocks at any theoretical, scientific or moral prison.

The essence of art is to recapturel the fantasy and the imagination of a child again, but without the innocence of a child.

Writing songs is about trying to connect with people on a deeper spiritual level - but I'm not a fan of contemporary Christian music.