I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day.

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.

I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.

Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.

Let's not get too full of ourselves. Let's leave space for God to come into the room.

You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff

I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you're supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.

The process is the most beautiful part.

I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth."

The only music I don't like is bad music.

Radite na tome da budete elokventni.Vecina njih zna samo da prica, mnogo vise nego sto treba.

It is ironic that it doesn't matter how successful I am in any other capacity. Ultimately, my parents marker is do you have a wife? And do you have children?

What I've learned about my self over the years is that I'm pretty restless. If I multitask it's probably because I have difficulty just focusing on one thing.

We have to repeal Obamacare and replace it with something absolutely much less expensive and something that works, where your plan can actually be tailored.

Still, life carries on. Exams to be examined. Serious things to be thingied.

The sole way to save oneself is to save others. Or to struggle to save others -even that is sufficient.

People in red states and blue states can agree that clean air is better than dirty air; therefore we should use clean energy where we can.

Man is about the same, in the main, whether with despotism, or whether with freedom.

If you would help another man, you must do so in minute particulars.

Women artists are still treated differently from men.