God got nothing to lose. Them who think they can use God, they wiping out them own selves. If you think you can use God, you are destroying your own self.

Without music you are all dead; with music you are alive. There is nothing music can't do.

I'm a miracle man, things happen which I don't plan, I've never planned anything. Whatsoever I do, I want it to be an instant action object, instant reaction subject. Instant input, instant output.

I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist.

What you see, say, think, and believe about yourself affects your feelings, decisions, and actions.

In thee my soul shall own combined the sister and the friend.

The longer you live in New Orleans, the more unfit you become to live anywhere else.

If thou follow thy star, thou canst not fail of glorious heaven.

Whatever crushes individuality is despotism.

Socrates was likewise right that pissing people off is how we first, and maybe best, go about the business of provoking thought.

It's interesting to do other people's music - that's how I learned to play, by learning other people's songs. It's nice to delve into how other people got to where they are.

I find the subject of childhood fascinating. I explored this subject in Speak to me of love and I am curious about portraying the often painful transition into the adult world.

The conductor is a peculiar person. He turns his back on his friends in the audience, shakes a stick at his players in the orchestra, and then wonders why nobody loves him.