I try to practice with my life.

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.

I boogie my bliss, dance away my density, and jump into joy!

To create different work, one needs new tools and materials

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized.

I love awards, especially if I get them.

I'm not a centerfold.

Now I've had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play.

Young men mend not their sight by using old men's spectacles.

There are people who are virtuous only in a piece-meal way; virtue is a fabric from which they never make themselves a whole garment.

He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.