My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade.

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.

I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.

Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.

Let's not get too full of ourselves. Let's leave space for God to come into the room.

You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff

I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you're supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.

The process is the most beautiful part.

I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth."

The only music I don't like is bad music.

If you want your life to be a five-star reality, you have to stop settling for a fast food mentality!

I think that the voters should choose the elected officials, not the elected officials choose the voters.

Great Britain is not part of the euro-zone; but the decision we take will have great importance for Great Britain.

Mannerism is always longing to have done, and has no true enjoyment in work. A genuine, really great talent, on the other hand, has its greatest happiness in execution.

the existence of broccoli does not in any way affect the taste of chocolate

There's nothing as real as money.

In ancient Israel and Rome the judge had appeared as a stand-in for the divine, and corruption was a blinding of the representative of the divine.

Have we not huddled in bunkers, while some premonition of tomorrow hung in the air and a comrade started singing? Oh, it felt so melancholy! And it was kitsch.

The artist confronts chaos. The whole thing of art is, how do you organize chaos?

The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more.