I was a young cat, and I was very fast, but I wasn't telling no kind of story.

I didn't know the right names for anything at first, but I knew what knocked me out. Changes... man I dug.

I resolved to play my trumpet like a sax.

I'd listened to [Ornette Coleman] all kinds of ways. I listened to him high and I listened to him cold sober. I even played with him. I think he's jiving baby.

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance.

I do not want to see perpetual warfare in the Middle East.

Adolf Hitler was a Jeanne d'Arc, a saint. He was a martyr. Like many martyrs, he held extreme views.

My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately

I think Detroit shows that we've come to the end of the industrial epoch and have to find a new mode of production.

The only 'anti-fascist' song that makes any sense to me is the Beatles' 'Love Is All You Need', because, quite simply, it's true.

Sticks and stones may break bones, but the Gat will kill you quicker.

There's always a certain pride in getting the job done properly.

One more thing. The people and the friends that we have lost... or the dreams that have faded... never forget them.

The sin of all time has been the exercise of assumed powers. This is the essence of tyranny.