Sometimes the ensemble 'Eighth Blackbird' will have performances and invite me to be a featured soloist. I think that is what they call it in that world-"featured soloist."

The only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child.

I don't like the idea of being surrounded by hidden things; people you can't see in buildings and cars.

I think that what trips up a lot of great musicians is that they become involved with too many things that aren't where their strengths lie.

As it turns out, as an adult I can have a very unpleasant, fierce and unforgiving temper at times. But I don't think I had that when I was a kid.

I need to go someplace faraway that doesn't have telephones and doesn't have a record player and doesn't have movie theaters and people walking down the street in order to not do anything.

The Beatles looked like they were in show business, and that was the important thing. And the important thing for the Rolling Stones was to look as if they were not.

Differences were meant not to divide but to enrich.

It's nice to be able to backtrack and not be embarrassed by the music you used to listen to.

You have to jump into the pool before you know whether there's water in it.

It is more rewarding to be complicit with scarcity than excess.

Highest miracle is to discover who you are – the ultimate possibility.

I'm the wave pushed by the wind, always receding before reaching the shore.

The truth exists at the junction between good and bad.

That's an interesting philosophical question. When your boner goes away, is that one gone... forever?

Straight ahead you can't go very far.

My father was a classical pianist, and my mother was a singer of just about everything.

I give as much as I can, and it's up to someone else to turn it into a movie. Good luck to you!

The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life.

Love is the eternal first breath.

Success is achieved and maintained by those who keep trying with positive mental attitude. What you try for is up to you.