The Apache don't have a word for love, " he said. "Know what they both say at the marriage? The squaw-taking ceremony?""Tell me.""Varlebena. It means forever. That's all they say.

Our souls sparkle brightly with creative energy, our beings are as complex as the universe, and at the same time we help make up a higher body of energy.

The world slides, the world goes, and death makes equal the rich and the poor

I wanted very much to be Miles Davis when I was a boy, but without the practice. It just looked like an endless road.

Belief is a good thing in principle, but an annoying thing in human beings.

You never know . . . that's what makes life interesting.

The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation.

You can't really hit or miss on one outing.

Im told Im like my father, and he was the most wonderful man. But I think he was gentler than me.

That's the amazing thing about life. You can just rub it out, like a blackboard, and start again.

Jazz is like wine. When it is new it's only for the experts, but when it gets older everybody wants it.