Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.

Life is a lot like jazz. It's best when you improvise.

True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.

Originality is the only thing that counts. But the originator uses material and ideas that occur round him and pass through him. And out of his experience comes the original creation.

Jazz is one of the best things that you can find in your life, it can always be your friend.

I like to think of music as an emotional science.

Look at the piano. You'll notice that there are white notes and black notes. Figure out the difference between them and you'll be able to make whatever kind of music you want.

Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling of the American people more than any other style of folk music.

Music sets up certain vibration which unquestionably results in a physical reaction. Eventually the proper vibration for every person will be found and utilized.

I didn't even start playing the piano until I was about 13 or 14. I guess I must have had a little talent or whatever-you-call-it, but I practised regularly, and that's what counts.

Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want?

Rule No. 1. Make a great product. Rule No. 2. Don't forget rule No.1.

I should live each day as if it were significant, as if everyday the fate of the world depended on my action.

Sometimes I wonder if I met everyone in my life in the wrong order.

I think President Obama has used the bully pulpit as a way to attack capitalism.

I've been obsessed with stopping people from blowing each other's brains out since I was ten.

I left my mark on 'Dark Shadows.' One day I was doing my lines perfectly from Act 3. Everyone else was doing Act 2.

Look at a man in the midst of doubt & danger and you will learn in his hour of adversity what he really is.

Leaders should be reliable without being predictable. They should be consistent without being anticipated

Some people did take the domestic goddess title literally rather than ironically. It was about the pleasures of feeling like one rather than actually being one.

When I read a script, I try not to judge the characters. I try to have an open mind and really see what it makes me feel.