I'm a person of change and I must be honest to my artistry and my creativity. That's part of the word 'jazz'... it's an adventure.

Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about jazz music.

The day of the great Jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is over.

They were happy to help someone, to succeed at something, even if they weren't to benefit.

Everyone is the creator of their own perceived illusion of reality.

What an incomparable creature is the sea! ("Absolute Evil")

Hercule Poirot: I am an imbecile. I see only half of the picture. Miss Lemon: I don't even see that.

Coming back to theatre is something I'm keen to do for the rest of my life. It recharges my batteries, so to speak.

Adult bats don't weigh much. They're mainly fur and appetite.

I started studying at 26. Before that, I never thought of acting as something that I would ever try.

I think of my life as a kind of music, not always good music but still having form and melody.

Now I see that God prefers to work through intermediaries - Mary and the saints. . . He wants us to pray through Mary and not only directly.

Be rather bountiful, than expensive.