I like to listen to classical music... I like mainline jazz.

Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived.

We always felt that if you do something with quality and integrity, then it's going to come back to you.

Instrumental music can spread the international language.

I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico... not so much the music, but the spirit.

I like to listed to the adventurous guys - the Coltranes, Miles Davis, the guys who just let it loose.

I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play.

I think we as human beings need to be able to appreciate each other's differences and I think jazz really takes us in that direction.

I'm seduced by the arts in general. Arts is like the power of now.

There's something interesting about playing live; you're in the moment, and I think it would be beneficial.

I play every day. It's like a habit for me now. I just, if I don't play, I kind of miss - something's off.

It’s your life

If the sky never grew dark, we would not be able to clearly see the stars.

Pay attention, and use your imagination.

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

My grandmother taught me to knit, and as I knit, my mind returns to my childhood.

There is no substitute for hard work. There is no such thing as overnight success or easy money.

I now consider the money I put into my pension to have been a mistake.

This house better get cleaned up in six months. The swamp is going to have to be drained pretty quickly.

Man cannot long survive without air, water, and sleep. Next in importance comes food. And close on its heels, solitude.

A few times in my life I've had moments of clarity where the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think.