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

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.

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.

I don't think radio is selling records like they used to. They'd hawk the song and hawk the artist and you'd get so excited, you'd stop your car and go into the nearest record store.

Maybe that was the secret to happiness, I thought, being free of the responsibility of yourself.

In my soul the afternoon grows wider and I reflect.

Stallions, " Frank said, "they're fightin' over a girl. - DANIEL'S ESPERANZA

Flowers are the gift to us from nature, out gift to nature is our love.

I've read enough novels to know just how much time & energy it takes to fall in love and I just don't have the time

I want to make every kind of movie that I can make. I don't really care if they're big or small.

My ancestors came over from Germany about the time of the Civil War and one of them lost a leg and went back to Germany.

... my whole existence is governed by abstract ideas.... the ideal must be preserved regardless of fact.

In your heart there is innocence waiting to be free.

Black holes. I don't know what people see in them. Exit signs? They're on their way out.