Finally Beiderbecke came out with a silver cornet. He put it to his lips and blew a phrase. The sound came out like a girl saying 'yes'.

They flat their fifths, we drink ours.

As it enters the ear, does it come in like broken glass, or does it come in like honey?

Ted Lewis could make the clarinet talk. What it said was put me back in the case!

[Louis Armstrong] could play a trumpet like nobody else, then put it down and sing a song like no one else could.

Paul Desmond sounds like a female alcoholic.

For a bad hangover take the juice of two quarts of whisky.

Krupa's drums went through us like a triple bourbon.

Brubeck, for instance, is not careless. He's a studied guy. And even if his picture ends up on the back cover of Life, he's still a studious guy.

Master the chaos within yourself and I promise you, you will gain the strength to withstand any storm.

Trust your heart’s feeling, accept it and be happy.

Words are mere bubbles of water but deeds are drops of gold.

Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their companies should foot the bill. We can no longer afford to scrap-pile people.

I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from.

I read constantly because there is so much to learn from the writing in the world.

I think people are exaggerating the fears of a Donald Trump presidency because they're coming off a campaign where they're very disappointed.

Many of the world's best-designed cities have been inspired by garden concepts.

We asked ourselves what we wanted this company to stand for. We didn't want to just sell shoes. I wasn't even into shoes - but I was passionate about customer service.

You can never trust what you read.