I'm not a star. I'm just backing up the cats.

Music is the only thing keeping the planet together

Music is in the air; it's my job to pull it out.

A chimpanzee could learn what I do physically, but it goes way beyond that. When you play, you play life.

The secret to the sound is to drop the bass on the floor!

All you've got to do is keep your ears open.

Women and rhythm-section first!?

I took the frets out of my bass after I was getting into jazz a lot and I wanted to have that upright sound.

Trumpets! Can you bring your... uh... extracurricular tubing necessities next rehearsal?

The dark clouds make the black sea. (Les nuages noirs - Font la mer noire)

Being able to do what you wish is the best thing in the world!

Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.

Cole, who had kissed me. Cole, who had refused to discuss it afterwards. Okay, fine. I had refused. Cole, who was driving me flipping crazy.

There has been a tendency through the years for reason and moderation to prevail as long as things are going tolerably well or as long as our problems seem clear and finite and manageable.

We probably stagnate our children's emotional growth by not letting them have some separation from us.

A wild and crazy weekend involves sitting on the front porch, smoking a cigar, reading a book.

The grace that makes every grace amiable is humility.

Childhood didn't have a big influence on me, really - in fact I spent most of it plotting how to escape.

True love is better than glory.