Bop is no love-child of jazz.

Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.

Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play.

You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.

Don't be afraid, just play the music.

Once I could play what I heard inside me, that's when I was born.

I don't care who likes it or buys it. Because if you use that criterion, Mozart would never have written Don Giovanni, Charlie Parker would have never played anything but swing music.

If you don't live it, it won't come out your horn.

I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born.

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom.

They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.

I do like the world quite a lot.

Computer Coding is a life skill for this generation.

Embellishing a story for whatever reason proves you're a liar. Doing it in front of someone who knows the truth proves your stupidity.

Never live your life on the edge when you have loved ones who love you and who are depending on you.

Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?

I don't really think the outburst is recent; there have always been writers in Appalachia.

For me, writing clarifies things. It gives meaning, and it makes me see the connections.

The last act crowns the play.

I'm a Christian woman, but I believe in human rights.

I dance with the dancers.