My comedy notebooks are filled with random journal entries. It's all the same. I can look back on old joke notebooks, and know exactly what was going on in my life.

Don't think or judge, just listen.

Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away.

Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates.

There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.

I am naturally fond of adventure, a little ambitious, and a good deal romantic - but patriotism was the true secret of my success.

One of my favorite stories was Black Orchid, because it was so different from all the others. I especially enjoyed dancing the Charleston. I have always been keen on dancing.

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

Your actions is like a raindrop; it falls into the pond making ripples and then its over.

I know nothing of man's rights, or woman's rights; human rights are all that I recognize.

Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties.

To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.

All the electronic devices are powered by white smoke. When smoke goes out, device is dead.

Accepting that the odds are against you is the same as accepting defeat before you begin.

If poetry dies, nothing lives !

T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress.

I'd done three solo albums in a row, and that's quite narcissistic.

Every day at some point I encounter some sort of anti-American feeling.

Sexual attraction keeps throwing self-interest off course.

I feel that I have an obligation to jazz and also to myself to play as good as I can play.

I've always been fascinated by the military, the discipline they have and the sacrifices they make to defend the country. It's something I've always been interested in.