Damn it, when I'm bombastic, I have my reasons. I want to be bombastic-take it or leave it.

Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.

Jazz is about the only form of art existing today in which there is freedom of the individual without the loss of group contact.

Kinship doesn't come from skin color. It's in your soul and your mind.

It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.

The secret of a great melody is a secret.

I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience

Jazz is about freedom within discipline.

Don't be a perfectionist... leave that to the classical musicians.

We don't know the power that's within our own bodies

Every individual should be expressing themselves, whether a politician or a minister or a policeman.

Everything you need is already inside.

I'm on a strict gossip diet. No gossip websites, no gossip magazines. Otherwise, I find it paralyzing to exist.

I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert - that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil.

Nobody ever gets enough appreciation when they're behaving themselves, but there's no end to hearing about it when they're not.

Iran is the prime state sponsor of terrorism in the world.

I'm happy with the way I look, but I'm not Hollywood beautiful.

I really didn't try to make an effort to make urban music, but I am a product of my inspirations.

The True Self is not our creation, but God's. It is the self we are in our depths. It is our capacity for divinity and transcendence.

It takes a Newton to forge a Newton. What man could have fabricated a Jesus? None but a Jesus.

Contrary to popular wisdom, knowledge is not power-it's potential power. Knowledge is not mastery. Execution is mastery. Execution will trump knowledge every day of the week.