The day of the great Jazz improviser who doesn't know how to read music is over.

Change is always happening. That's one of the wonderful things about jazz music.

I'm a person of change and I must be honest to my artistry and my creativity. That's part of the word 'jazz'... it's an adventure.

Don't try to write anything you can't feel - it will be a failure - 'echoes nothing worth

I question the moral integrity of anyone who says they have no regrets.

But giving up's easy. You know what's hard? To believe in your own worth, to know you've got something special in you even if nobody else can see it. Even when you can't.

Having inner peace means committing to letting go of self-criticism and self-doubt.

If one is forever cautious can one remain a human being?

I feel like God gave me an amazing ability, and it's my duty to show people what I'm made of.

Everyone in my family used to work with some kind of tool in their hands every day. That's what we do. That's what I did before I got into acting.

At my age, I know myself. If I make a project, it's a way to help me. I don't do it for therapeutic reasons, but I know that the therapy can be a side profit.

What a state of society is this in which freethinker is a term of abuse, and in which doubt is regarded as sin?