I tell my friends about my conversations with my father - conversations with an artist.

When I started out, all I did was play my trombone.

Don't make art for other artists or for 'intellectuals', make art for people - and if you can touch just one person in a lifetime and make a difference - you have succeeded.

I went to the Paradise Restaurant on 49th Street and Broadway which was where they were playing, and I sat in.

In order to deal with reality successfully - to pursue and achieve the values which his life requires - man needs self-esteem; he needs to be confident of his efficacy and worth.

Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.

You’re the only one for me. I came back from the dead for you, Daisy. Twice.

A soul that makes virtue its companion is like an over-flowing well, for it is clean and pellucid, sweet and wholesome, open to all, rich, blameless and indestructible.

I was heartened to hear the President say that as we make progress on the ground, and Iraqi forces increasingly take the lead, we should be able to further decrease our troop levels.

Without public pressure from caring people, our lawsuits will not be enough to stop this widespread abuse.

I'd date a fan as long as she didn't scream in my face.

If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer.

More than 20 years on, sustained competition, informed customers and the rapid growth of new technology provide the necessary environment for substantial deregulation.

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.