Good is the director who lets you do what you have to do.

Avant-garde means never having to say you're sorry.

Modern instruments were designed to throw sound all in one direction.

I hate nostalgia, I want nothing to do with it.

Jazz is a music of great achievements but speed and chops serve a different function in jazz.

I am on the side of pluralistic societies, and I will do whatever I can - by the best means available and any means necessary - to protect spaces that encourage open communication between people.

Influence people think about it as someone you like but influence is also what you're revolted by. In fact, often it's what you're running away from.

If you want to check someone's principles, give him authority .. Then have a seat & watch

I must create a system or be enslaved by another man's. I will not reason and compare My business is to create.

I think that anything that begins to give people a sense of their own worth and dignity is God.

Manager solves problems, leader prevents them.

America looks to have a great relationship with all countries, ideally. That won't necessarily happen, unfortunately probably won't happen with many countries.

Don't 'write what you know.' Make up something new!

March 4th, the only day that is also a sentence

I am also really into religious artifacts.

I like the fact you can spend two hours setting up a scene that will only last a couple of seconds. And I like just sitting around and dozing between scenes!

If you believe in your value, how could it possibly be appropriate to hide it from people who need it?