One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.

As a musician you have to keep one foot back in the past and have one foot forward into the future.

I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds.

Men have died for this music. You can't get more serious than that.

It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play.

You can't steal a gift. Bird [Charlie Parker] gave the world his music, and if you can hear it you can have it.

I try to play the bare essence, to let everything be just what it's supposed to be.

The sign of a mature musician is knowing what not to play.

There have been two great revelations in my life: The first was bepop, the second was homeopathy.

Where there's no mutual respect, there's trouble!

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your magnificent indifference.

WINTER: Because I guess I like the idea that maybe someday I can find my place, you know? My niche. Somewhere people will keep me.

Control yourself, it is not worth it. You will regret your rudeness afterwards, your sensitive nature will be troubled

True discipline is really just self-remembering; no forcing or fighting is necessary.

Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar, and you'll live as you've never lived before.

Politics is never about the people. It's about money. And wars. And how many heads you can step on and bodies you can step over. And I'm just not that kind of person.

I've always been schizophrenic; I've never been interested in limiting myself.

Bless more; blame less.

We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.

Exercise is about being grateful for the body you have and sustaining the life you have.

History is only gossip.