Running away can also be running to.

Knowledge is so comforting, but so is mystery.

Good can sit in the distance, just beyond your view, waiting, until you go toward it.

Most of the things that give life its depth, meaning, and value are impervious to science.

We can't escape history, anymore than we can recapture it." Master Kai

What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America.

If there were really serious consequences if I did not accept, then of course I would do whatever was necessary. But in general I really prefer some freedom.

A true champion can adapt to anything.

When you're on stage with an audience, the director's nowhere to be seen. He's onto the next job.

At Vatican Council II, one dissenting Roman Catholic theologian declared: "Yes, the Bible says "Be fruitful and multiply," but that was when the population was two per square world.

I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time.

After two years of sending out query letters and failing to get an agent, I made friends with an author, who was nice enough to introduce me to his agent. That got my foot in the door.

If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.