I never wanted this kind of life that Im still living.

Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.

Jazz is about the only form of art existing today in which there is freedom of the individual without the loss of group contact.

Damn it, when I'm bombastic, I have my reasons. I want to be bombastic-take it or leave it.

Kinship doesn't come from skin color. It's in your soul and your mind.

It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.

The secret of a great melody is a secret.

I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience

Jazz is about freedom within discipline.

Don't be a perfectionist... leave that to the classical musicians.

We don't know the power that's within our own bodies

I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.

As part of my relationship with my wife and my daughter, and we share everything and talk about everything.

I’ve made upwards of a million bucks in the cops and robbers business.

Look to the East, where up the lucid sky; the morning climbs! The day shall yet be fair.

Peace, peace, peace. Peace is organized.

Conspiracy theories abound in American politics. I don't think we need to be subliminable about the differences between our views on prescription drugs.

The industrial revolution took the father out of the home and put the kids in school. And then everyone had their own little scene.

We invented words; we'll tell you how they're supposed to sound.

Lord of himself; that heritage of woe!

The fact that mankind persists shows that the cohesive force is greater than the disruptive force, centripetal force greater than centrifugal.