I'm aware that a lot of what is happening in jazz has not had a very dynamic change in a long time.

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.

There is a warin your nameI have martyred yousold you to freedomoh, Freedom

Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.

Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.

Who knows ... we'll be playing Jazz and having a good time!

I operate the camera, I always do it when I'm the director, and I like to approach it as a documentary, finding the images based on what happens, as it happens.

Whenever you move, I think you lose your history.

The poetry is myself.

To a Buddhist, contradictions only exist in a mind that has been forced to cultivate them.

It's a no-win situation with politics, it's always going to be stressful. I'm more into the comedy of life.

Everything I've done and everything I've gained in my life has been with my music.