I enjoy playing the band as the band. I be the whole band and Im playing the drums, Im playing the guitar, Im playing the saxophone. To me, the most wonderful thing about playing music is that.

My one thing is I continue to be interested and want to be a student. I don't want to be a master. When I'm learning something, I'm in my element.

I searched through rebellion, drugs, diet, mysticism, religion, intellectualism and much more, only to begin to find that truth is basically simple and feels good, clear and right.

I no longer wanted to satisfy myself. I really want to connect with the world and make my music mean something to people.

You've got to create the space, then fill it.

Without a doubt, my richest relationships are my long-term friendships with musical partners, because we make music together. That's what we love to do with our lives.

Only a spiritual being has awareness.

I got a chance to listen to and watch Thelonious Monk and his quartet play two shows a night, for six weeks. It was a great education. There was my university, man.

It's one thing to just play a tune, or play a program of music, but it's another thing to practically create a new language of music, which is what 'Kind of Blue' did.

I decided that I didn't want to spend my time in a liberal arts college.

I've noticed that the more adventurous and in that mode that I am, it seems that the more the audience really likes it.

There is nothing more important and precious on earth than the opportunity to love and appreciate.

Flee from those who seek to make you doubt yourself!

Apostasy from Islam is a crime and is punishable by death.

Don't do anything that you're already not great at doing.

It is not the events in our life that define our character, but how we deal with them.

A lot of times I just feel like this is not a special day, these are just clothes that I bought.

It's nice to be in first place. But just because you're not on a winner doesn't mean you're a loser.

Fraud makes the world go round.

Why is it that govt employees makes the best spouses? Because afterthey come back from work, they are not tired and they already readthe newspapers.

The artist must imitate that which is within the thing, that which is active through form and figure, and discourses to us by symbols.