I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour.

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 choose to be a victor, and not a victim of change.

There are advantages to being labeled the victim. You are listened to, paid attention to. Sympathy is bestowed upon you.

Don't talk to my sister that way." Nico said. His voice quivered, but I was impressed that he had the guts to say anything at all. — Percy

Love is one of the strongest feelings one can ever have.

Self-doubt does more to sabotage individual potential than all external limitations put together.

"Only the pots know the boiling points of the broths," she says as Tita weeps into the wedding batter she is making to celebrate the marriage of her sister to her own true love.

Sports are, and should be, a joy. And it delights me that the joy I felt through the years of broadcasting games was projected onto the audience.

If technology has finally caught up with individual liberty, why would anyone who loves freedom want to rethink that?

Miles Davis had me play and he hired me the following week and after that, everything broke wide open.

Anybody can achieve gains in quality by slowing down production. That is not what we are talking about.