Sounds of daily life are musical. I try to absorb the intricacies of sounds as if I were listening to music.

Jazz is such a powerful cultural statement that it's almost as if it's intertwined with society.

Whenever there's a change with Jazz & its aesthetics, it's almost always reflected with a change in the culture.

The hardest part of playing the trumpet is the physical act of making the sound.

You can never know everything. Part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of knowledge lies in going on anyway.

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren't about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.

I bet you there's a lot of guys who dream of having a girl that fine.

I think it's good practice, if you're a writer, or anyone who's shaping narrative, to be flexible and open with the direction of the narrative.

They take the greats from the past and compare us. I wonder if they'd ever survive in this era. In a time where it's recreation, to pull all your skeletons out the closet like Halloween decorations.

Years on end, and swords on end - where will it end, if our ears unbend - what shall I spend on a wrinkled friend in a pair of tights like a bunch of lights?

My own family and thousands of other Japanese Americans were interned during World War II. It took our nation over 40 years to apologize

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

Ignorance is death, Knowledge is life.