It’s making a statement about what life is, really. And I’m going to end the line with it.

Jazz shouldn't have any mandates. Jazz is not supposed to be something that's required to sound like jazz. For me, the word 'jazz' means, 'I dare you.'

If all you have is music, then you don't have music

The arts can open the door to the imagination, pushing the envelope of how peace can be created. It takes courage to take this kind of risk, and courage is what we all need to create a better world.

Music is interior decoration.

Go out on the stage as a human being and do not be afraid to show struggle in your music. It's a struggle in life and then struggle and then victory.

I always think of music as interior decoration. So, if you have all kinds of music, you are fully decorated!

No one really knows how to deal with the unexpected. How do you rehearse the unknown?

Composing is improvisation slowed down.

You're like the girl who left her shadow in the drawer, but when she went to get it, it wasn't there.

Your humanity is your instrument.

Sometimes it is harder to accede to a thing than it is to see its truth.

Find your purpose and passionately live it.

It was the age of confidence. Arrogance was epidemic.

Whites already know blacks are stupid, violent, destructive apelike creatures. That is why Whites move away from them -- always.

I don't understand what the nature of God is. But I do have the feeling that I'm at some feet, and lucky to be there.

A rhododendron bud lavender-tipped. Soon a glory of blooms to clash with the cardinals and gladden the hummingbirds!

I don't dispute Scientology can help people; I think that is a very important fact to keep in mind.

Middle age is when you find out where the action is so you can go someplace else.

We're not here to get over our humanness, but rather to accept and make peace with it... and to remember our Divine nature.

I don't at all search for an ideal woman, but several ideal women.