For me, the ultimate form of expression is blues, where jazz appeals to me on an intellectual level.

Learn the lick, but learn FROM the lick.

If only everyone could know and live with their inner craziness. Would the world be a worse place for it? No, people would be fairer and happier.

A Genius always admires the choices of the most Confident Fool!

He grieved too, Klara said, for the loss of a certain idea of himself.

People quit on jobs. They quit on marriages. They quit on school. There's an immediacy of this day and age that doesn't lend itself to being committed to anything.

I read to my kid, but I can't stand reading.

The wise use of leisure, it must be conceded, is a product of civilization and education.

No matter how little money and how few possesions you own, having a dog makes you rich.

National security - the military is the first thing we should spend money on. You have to fully fund that first. And then you should be paying for everything else.

I think our animals are angels, earth-angels, pointing out for us the steadfast path of love, loyalty, optimism, faith, joy, hope. They teach us everything important about life.

Think hard before you begin, then enter the work.