I like to think of music as an emotional science.

Life is a lot like jazz. It's best when you improvise.

True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.

Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation.

Jazz is one of the best things that you can find in your life, it can always be your friend.

Look at the piano. You'll notice that there are white notes and black notes. Figure out the difference between them and you'll be able to make whatever kind of music you want.

Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling of the American people more than any other style of folk music.

Music sets up certain vibration which unquestionably results in a physical reaction. Eventually the proper vibration for every person will be found and utilized.

I didn't even start playing the piano until I was about 13 or 14. I guess I must have had a little talent or whatever-you-call-it, but I practised regularly, and that's what counts.

Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want?

It is always possible to create something original.

Call it what you like, my lady, but it is still spying.

The way you communicate an idea is different than the way you communicate a product.

Ah! why, ye Gods, should two and two make four?

Brass is polished by ashes; copper is cleaned by tamarind; a woman, by her menses; and a river by its flow.

I still have a steady stream of book cover work. I'm grateful for it. Viva le book!

I just think about how many women in their workplaces have been working to get a promotion, and they look around, and then this guy comes.

The worldwide, agelong struggle between fascism and democracy will not stop when the fighting ends in Germany and Japan.

For one moment we are not failed tests and broken condoms and cheating on essays; we are crayons and lunch boxes and swinging so high our sneakers punch holes in the clouds.

I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.

Fight Club is a thrill ride masquerading as philosophy - the kind of ride where some people puke and others can't wait to get on again.