I don't need words. It's all in the phrasing.

Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans. It has given me something to live for.

Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.

Don't do nothing halfway, else you find yourself dropping more than can be picked up.

What we play is life.

I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right - shame on you.

If I don’t practice for a day, I know it. If I don’t practice for two days, the critics know it. And if I don’t practice for three days, the public knows it.

Each man has his own music bubbling up inside him.

And I think to myself what a wonderful world. Oh, yeah.

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.

Every child knows its mother, Dany thought. When the seas go dry and the mountains blow in the wind like leaves.

I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career.

The size of the promised paycheck is inversely proportional to the likelihood of surviving to collect it.

Dignity is more important than wealth.

I will not fail: God is always victorious.

We can navigate by looking at ant mounds.

I'm a private kind of person.

When guys see a movie starring women, they go, "That must be filled with these characters I see in these movies who are such a drag." And that's just bad for everybody.

When the slugs penetrate, you feel a burning sensation, Gettin closer to God in a tight situation.

A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.