I don't look at music from the standpoint of being a musician; I look at it from the standpoint of being a human being.

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.

The wise never doubt. The Humane never worry. The brave never fear.

And let me ask you this: the dead, where aren't they?

Naughty children have to be protected. Even if it's just from themselves.

I never rehearse scenes with the whole ensemble, because I need to preserve some surprise. Instead, I work with the cast individually on their characters.

Each time that you don't know you are choosing, then of those choices you are not the chooser.

Friendship by its very nature consists in loving, rather than in being loved.

In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.

Change always involves a dark night when everything falls apart. Yet if this period of dissolution is used to create new meaning, then chaos ends and new order emerges.

Sensuality takes planning and work.

We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it.