But you can't extend, or go beyond any point musically, without the basic fundamentals.

I don't dig staying in one groove.

My roots and Victor's are jazz, basically, but these two young fellows that we have with us come out of rock bands. And they're tremendously exciting players.

Personally, I can't see how anyone can produce any beautiful music out of being angry.

And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay.

For the last five years I've been in the production business.

I mean, there's a hell of a lot of grounds for protest, but you don't do it through music.

Musicians have to suffer to a certain degree in order to obtain their outlet.

Luckily, I'm in the position now of being able to play purely because I have the desire to do so.

To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness.

If you miss your bus, just start walking.

How am I, a writer, supposed to feel about having lost you to a reader?

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.

I think leadership is more than just being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic.

The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.

I feel a number of people who will never be students whom I'm corresponding with inwardly.

If the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms insists upon a firefight, give them a firefight. Just remember, they're wearing flak jackets and you're better off shooting for the head.

A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience.

My therapist would be so happy to know I'm doing all this walking. They've done a great job of putting me back together, haven't they?