I do read music, but I prefer playing from the heart.

It's a matter of choosing what is most important to you and putting that first. Once you have recognized your true purpose in life, this becomes much easier.

The calm mind allows one to connect with the inner self, the Soul, the very source of our being. That's where the music lives. That's where my music comes from.

I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead.

Now that I am much older, I have had a number of sax players tell me I was responsible for them playing sax. Some of them I have admired over the years.

I have no agenda - just to be loved. Somebody said to me, 'Whenever somebody says your name, a smile comes to their face.' That's a great accolade. I strive to keep it that way.

Tears may come and go, But there's one thing I know. All my life you're a friend of mine. You can depend on me. I'll be fine... 'Cause you're a friend of mine.

I take my job as a rock and roll sax player very seriously. To do it the way that I must do it, I must be in good condition. The better shape you're in, the harder you can rock.

Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one's own community is a most natural thing to do.

God will give you no more than you can handle.

It's love. It's two men - two strong, very virile men - finding that space in life where they can let go enough of their masculinity to feel the passion of love and respect and trust.

If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal.

If all the year were playing holidays To sport would be as tedious as to work.

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.

The intellect is no longer the chairman of the board - it is an employee. It becomes a tool in the service of the heart.

The pulpit is not a place to settle scores, it’s a place to preach the word of God.

I'd always had an interest of pushing my limits and was intrigued by endurance.

During the summertime, I really like to dress like a gypsy. I love that whole lifestyle and the whole mixing of fabrics and flowy materials.

I came from a real tough neighborhood. On my street, the kids take hubcaps - from moving cars.

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity.