I never thought the orchestra should be big.

It's very hard to understand what's happening in someone's brain and what goes into their experience and their death, and the music has to say a lot.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

Spend the beautiful days of your life to someone you want to spend with until your last breath.

Stop waiting for someone else to run your life. Get into the driver's seat and choose your destination.

Our tenderness, compassion and kindness go with sensitive generous heart that should not be abused by others.

If you would not be laughed at, be the first to laugh at yourself.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

If you shift from compulsiveness to consciousness, being joyful will not be an effort.

As soon as anyone starts telling you to be "realistic," cross that person off your invitation list.

The only reason is that I hadn't seen The Modern Jazz Quartet perform live and a live performance is often where the real experience of jazz takes place. I'm not familiar with the Boswell Sisters.

Be a communicator, not a self-righteous proselytizer or preacher. Many people are only concerned with expressing themselves, which isn't necessarily communication.