Music is in the air; it's my job to pull it out.

Music is the only thing keeping the planet together

A chimpanzee could learn what I do physically, but it goes way beyond that. When you play, you play life.

The secret to the sound is to drop the bass on the floor!

All you've got to do is keep your ears open.

I'm not a star. I'm just backing up the cats.

Women and rhythm-section first!?

I took the frets out of my bass after I was getting into jazz a lot and I wanted to have that upright sound.

Trumpets! Can you bring your... uh... extracurricular tubing necessities next rehearsal?

Xs and OsLove is a gameof tic-tac-toe, constantly waiting, for the next x or o.

He brought his forehead against mine and we breathed the same air, slowly to try and find our composure. But it was impossible for me as long as he’s so close to me. “You’re ruining me.�

Just one act of kindness can change someone's whole world.

I don't think we should be putting first-time drug offenders in jail for five years. It's a waste of resources.

All great art ... creates in the beholder not self-satisfacti on but wonder and awe. Its great liberation is to lift us out of ourselves.

The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.

In this insane, chaotic world, you can only be insane and chaotic.

A big question that we have is that we do not understand why the comfort of the few should override the comfort of the many.

The corset is?a mutilation, undergone for the purpose of lowering the subject's vitalityand rendering her permanentlyand obviously unfit for work.

I will cause a boy who drives a plow to know more of the scriptures than the pope.