Buddhism has turned me on to my humanness, and is challenging my humanness so that I can become more human.

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.

I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

You are better than any hollywood star. Just love yourself...!!!

I guess if you're a normal person and all of a sudden you're getting $10 million a year, it can go to your head.

You are losing because blacks are getting their civil rights in the cities.

There is nothing like success to breed followers.

Who would true valour see, Let him come hither; One here will constant be, Come wind, come weather There’s no discouragement Shall make him once relent His first avowed intent To be a pilgrim.

I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day

Sometimes the only thing you could do for people was to be there.

Sometimes I wonder if all my friends are insane.

The fans make the person a star.