I try not to look back too much, but sometimes it's nice to reflect.

Jazz is not gonna be a dinosaur and stay around in one form.

My mother gave me a choice. She said, 'Would you like to take singing lessons or piano.' I'm glad I chose piano.

When a man's faith is never tried, I don't think he'll ever learn anything. You have to have trial and tribulation, or what are you going to learn?

Every performance is different, but I try to approach them in the same way and give it my all.

The piano is like an orchestra - I'm very fortunate that I chose it as my instrument.

I'll just try to keep my mind open to whatever comes my way.

I try to play what comes naturally at the moment and let it happen.

Playing solo is difficult because you have to keep the momentum yourself. You have to continue to create and develop, so it forces you to stretch in a variety of ways.

Sometimes it's nice to try different instruments because they have a different sound to offer and therefore your approach changes a little bit. But, I always come back to the piano.

I remember coming home from school - I couldn't wait to get to the piano so I could play and practice.

Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.

That they may have a little peace even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally.

Tricks and treachery are merely proofs of lack of skill.

For some reason,we keep forgetting some of our experience. We look back but don't bring the value forward. We bring the anger, the upset. We bring the fear.

Something looks back from the trees, and knows me for who I am.

I like any dog that makes me look good when it stands next to me.

Open your heart and love and be loved, my mother still loves me. She's 96.

The human race is inquisitive about other people's lives, but negligent to correct their own.

If the mind is flexible, the world is flexible.