Only the French, I guess, really use tenor and alto to any great extent in the orchestra

What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on.

I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with.

It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.

Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.

You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it

The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.

So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone

This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear

People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to use all the time

In a way, I started out to be a baritone player.

Far better it is for you to say: "I am a sinner, " than to say: "I have no need of religion." The empty can be filled, but the self-intoxicated have no room for God.

In some churches today and on some religious television programs, we see the attempt to make Christianity popular and pleasant. We have taken the cross away and substituted cushions.

Humans don’t make sense.”“If you’re only now learning that, ” Kaladin said, “then you haven’t been paying attention.

Self pity is a disease which does not kill but corrodes.

Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself but for me, the ultimate human experience is to witness the flawless execution of the hit-and-run.

The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.

Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair.

The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase.

As though all the world were a bad joke and she was the only one around who knew the punchline.

But my longevity is due to my good timing.