In New Orleans, you can pitch a rock and hit a great trumpeter.

Creating an environment musically that shows that we all belong together is what I'm interested in doing, and that happened really early on.

The trumpet is a very violent instrument - probably one of the most archaic of all the modern instruments. It's physically really demanding: you have to stay in pretty good shape.

Don’t react to any fuming argument.

You should be able to quit ten things you're good at to master one thing you're best at.

We ought to be more focused on enemies without than preoccupied with finding them within.

I love the music, but being on the road ain't a piece of cake, but it is real rewarding. You've got to - all those people can't come to my house, so I've got to go out on the road and play for them.

Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life.

The terrorists do not understand America. The American people do not falter under threat, and we will not allow our future to be determined by car bombers and assassins.

I think that superhero comics in particular are really useful for talking about big emotions and feelings, and personifying and concretizing symbols.

Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.

biographies are a little like marriages: You only have room in your life for one or two.

All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients.