In the middle 1940s... I heard everyone live. Painting, the theater; everything was happening. It was an exciting time when New York was the place to be.

Fear is the biggest motivator.

If you are you, 24 hours a day, then you do not have to remember who you are supposed to be in different situations - something that I imagine could be troublesome.

I think people who sample are cheating. It is like people who do collages. Use all of your own stuff.

While everyone has a right to his or her opinion, the people who are informed have more of a right.

I have been going to Italy since 1980, but I always went to do work. I did not live overseas, because I do not like running around with everything I own in a paper bag.

If I had money, I would like to get an old building, have music performances, do lithographs, have shows of paintings, and do those things that I'm interested in doing.

Most of my recorded material has been in small group configurations. I have not released large orchestral works as recordings because it hasn't been within the realm of possibility.

I do not, as a rule, do encores. When I have finished playing, I have indeed finished playing. I have nothing left; there has been no reserve.

If I produce it, I will stage it as a performance. A small audience will be invited; rehearsals of the sections will be done in the mornings, and those sections will be recorded in the afternoons.

Small dreams will not take you to the moon. So think big and start dreaming big soon.

True Martial Arts is universal, simple and practical. Anything else is too complex to be used in combat.

Wasn't much of a life anyway. Wasn't much of a brain.""But didn't you say you were satisfied with your life?""Word games, " I dismissed. "Every army needs a flag.

I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.

In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him.

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

I've never even seen a great set fight or a great set meltdown. I seem to always be on these incredibly relaxed sets.

fear cannot exist when one is indifferent to life.

Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself.

That’s kind of where all my money goes. I’m going to be a very broke girl with a really great wardrobe.