I've Got the World on a String.

Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans. It has given me something to live for.

Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.

Don't do nothing halfway, else you find yourself dropping more than can be picked up.

What we play is life.

I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right - shame on you.

If I don’t practice for a day, I know it. If I don’t practice for two days, the critics know it. And if I don’t practice for three days, the public knows it.

Each man has his own music bubbling up inside him.

And I think to myself what a wonderful world. Oh, yeah.

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.

We youths say “like” all the time because we mistrust reality.

They are not demons, not devils...Worse than that.They are people.

I should have titled it "Diet Like Your Life Depended On It!" because it's about so much more than just beating Diabetes.

A flatterer can risk everything with great personages.

I'm stronger than anything in my way. Holla!

People like us are unhappy in this world and in the next, I guess if we made it to heaven, we'd have to help make it thunder.

It is unity that doth enchant me. By her power I am free though thrall, happy in sorrow, rich in poverty, and quick even in death.

Absolutely, although every congregation will say, you know, every worship leader will say it's vital. It's very important, but again these are, you know, these are different cultural styles.

I'm always open to new stuff. I don't sit and try to figure out what to do, I just wait for an idea to come.

I don't limit my taste. There's some jazz that I like and there's some opera. I've been listening to what was essentially country music, but it crossed over to rock.