Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread--without it, it's flat.

... everything I do, I choose very, very carefully, because if I don't like it, I can't make you like it.

Oscar Peterson is my favorite all-around pianist. There are pianists I like because of one thing and pianists I like because of another. But overall, I like Oscar Peterson best.

It's the right idea, but not the right time.

...you ask me why I compare you to stars - it's simple - that's where your goddess has fled...

A huge thing for me growing up was going to see my favorite bands and feeling like, 'Okay, cool, they proved themselves and did things in a special way.' That's the most important thing.

The important thing is to be drunk.

We lived in a real rough place but my mother kept me straight.

I don't really care what music's made on - I love guitars, but I'm fine with great electronic music.

The Oscar nominations are out, and they're so white a grand jury has decided not to indict them.

Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it.

He is a fool who lets slip a bird in the hand for a bird in the bush.

Is insincerity such a terrible thing? I think not. It is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities.