His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better name to fit his style of playing?

What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate.

The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point.

Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing.

I can imagine an utter hatred for the jazz avant-garde.

I like people not being able to be pigeon-holed.

People come from a certain generation and a certain whole way of looking at things, and you really do become a prisoner of your own world.

Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name.

God knows whatever comes your way, in any given circumstance.

Only a changed person can live according to the law.

One of the greatest threats to the impossible is the easily possible.

I lean down so that my face is right in front of hers and whisper, ‘He doesn’t love you. I love you.

A good businessman knows how to make a profit. An engineer makes sure it runs well. We need more leaders who are task oriented.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Spielberg read the 'Understudy' and decided that was the voice he wanted to write 'Smash.' He wanted a story that had humanity and humor and high-stakes dreams.

One thing you can rely on is that there will always be uncertainty.

Marco Rubio, I think, will be president some day. Whether 2016 is his time, time will tell. He embraced immigration reform. He seems to have backed off. I'll let him explain why.

Fare thee well, king: sith thus thou wilt appear, Freedom lives hence, and banishment is here.