Now I'm having the time of my life being on the road with one of the world's all-time great big bands, and performing with symphonies. I wouldn't trade it for anything.

I still play jazz, and I've always got that trumpet very handy, but I'm coming to feel the classical venues are where my main focus is, in the realm of symphonic pops.

My goodness, everyone is planting grapes, even a neighbor with only five acres.

Whenever I ravel I seek the benefits of this great profession of chiropractic

It's fine, but don't ask me to strip again or I'm going to wonder what your intentions really are.

What surprises me most in architecture, as in other techniques, is that a project has one life in its built state but another in its written or drawn state.

Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.

I still have my girlfriends that I grew up with. We went to day care together ... we just feel comfortable with each other. We're honest, we're total goofs.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.

Take good care of your skin and hydrate. If you have good skin, everything else will fall into place.

Every generation of rock musician will understand that we wouldn't be anywhere without the support of teenagers buying the records.

War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.

You have to make rough decisions with sequencing and work within the limitations of having good audio for 15 minutes on a vinyl side.

Certain roles are more challenging than others, but I haven't come across one yet that I can't tackle.