Creating an environment musically that shows that we all belong together is what I'm interested in doing, and that happened really early on.

In New Orleans, you can pitch a rock and hit a great trumpeter.

The trumpet is a very violent instrument - probably one of the most archaic of all the modern instruments. It's physically really demanding: you have to stay in pretty good shape.

I was compared to Charles Bukowski yesterday. It was the best and worst compliment I've ever gotten.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

I think the era of the diva actress is coming to an end.

A government which is composed of the middle class more nearly approximates to democracy than to oligarchy, and is the safest of the imperfect forms of government.

The inclination to self-depreciation, to freely accepting being robbed, being duped, and being swindled, could be the modesty of a god among men.

The first step in the journey is to lose your way.

If you feel the need to make everyone happy, you should be a wedding planner not a leader.

Our lives are quite boring. I spend a lot of time watching Coronation Street and Eastenders.

A transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city.

All who suffer are full of hatred; all who live drag a remorse: the dead alone have broken their chains.