I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since.

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.

Possession without understanding leads to loss.

Now that we know about his indigestion, we can torture him with cake.

Death is the destination we all share, no one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life.

Working in the theatre has a lot in common with unemployment.

Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs.

I had a very close relationship with another kid when I was growing up. I was his imaginary friend.

Useless as a pulled tooth.

They're feeding the people a line of bull, and they are spinning and people are dying.

The American people are sick and tired of this ‘lesser evil’ garbage they get fed every election year. Both the Democrats and the Republicans do the same evils once they’re in office...

The true mark of maturity is when someone hurts you and you try and understand their situation instead of hurting them back.