I been getting good crowds. It only took 50 years.

I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me.

All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.

Everybody cryin' mercy / When they don't know the meaning of the word.

The things that really matter don't mix with idle chatter.

Ever since the world ended, I don't go out as much

I have no idea what I'm doin'. I've never seen me.

I'm playin' music for a certain type of person. Fortunately, there are more and more of us. At least there are more comin' to see me than there were 30 years ago or so.

As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality.

I never sit down and write. I just sorta let things form in my brain.

I haven't stopped and I don't plan on stoppin' any time soon.

She is a beauty. She is a challenge. She is the earth. She is the nature.She is the power that keeps the balance of this world. Respect her wisdom and be intimidated by her power.

You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full harmony.

I think one of the most important things in a relationship is caring for your significant other through good times and bad.

Wherever God has given faith, it is given, among other reasons, for the very purpose of being tried.

Abe said, where do you want this killing done? God said, out on highway 61.

Drive, ego and cocksureness are all essential elements in terms of getting exactly what you want but losing everything you've got.

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.

Isn't Googling someone the first thing everyone does?! They meet someone new and Google them!

Then clear on a flute of purest gold A sweet little fairy played. And wonderful fairy tales she told and marvelous music made.

In the battle for preserving sound social and moral norms, many religious institutions can no longer be counted as allies.