Listen more to the other players on the bandstand than you do to yourself.

I'm happy with the amount of success I've achieved. I feel like I'm getting better every day and I'm always learning. I don't take anything for granted and I've gained a deeper perspective on things.

Play what you would like to hear, rather than what you would like to play.

I actually enjoy being on my own, because it allows me to do what I do.

The world and the friends that lived in it are shadows: you alone remain real in this drowsing room.

All life's training is just exactly what is needed for the true Life-work, still out of view but far away from none of us. Don't grudge me the learning of a new lesson.

We think in generalities, but we live in detail. To make the past live, we must perceive it in detail in addition to thinking of it in generalities.

Punctuality is the soul of business.

If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.

When money is lost, a little is lost. When time is lost, much more is lost. When health is lost, practically everything is lost. And when creative spirit is lost, there is nothing left.

That is what [Andy] Warhol portraits do: They elevate the subject into an icon of the pop culture he was documenting.

O charitable philosopher, I beg you to help me. My mind is weak but my soul is strong. Kindle that soul, and the sacred fire shall never be extinguished.

Men might as well be imprisoned, as excluded from the means of earning their bread.

You can’t force yourself to trust. So you put all your doubts in a little box and bury it deep and then try to forget where you buried it