The reaction to this album has just been fabulous around the world... and I've had offers to perform from around the world and I'm tempted to do it. I've got itchy lips.

Clifford Brown was in the jazz circles considered to be probably the greatest trumpet player who ever lived.

We always felt that if you do something with quality and integrity, then it's going to come back to you.

Instrumental music can spread the international language.

I was taken in by the bravado and the sounds of Mexico... not so much the music, but the spirit.

I like to listed to the adventurous guys - the Coltranes, Miles Davis, the guys who just let it loose.

I wake up in the morning, I do a little stretching exercises, pick up the horn and play.

I think we as human beings need to be able to appreciate each other's differences and I think jazz really takes us in that direction.

I'm seduced by the arts in general. Arts is like the power of now.

There's something interesting about playing live; you're in the moment, and I think it would be beneficial.

I play every day. It's like a habit for me now. I just, if I don't play, I kind of miss - something's off.

Because beauty isn't enough, there must be something more.

God loves importunate prayer so much that He will not give us much blessing without it.

Always be classy. Never be crazy.

That's all you people care about, is money.

There comes a certain point in life when you have to stop blaming other people for how you feel or the misfortunes in your life. You can't go through life obsessing about what might have been.

Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.

Continue to plant a kiss of concern on the cheek of the sick and the aged and infirm and count that actions as natural and to be expected.

I want people to laugh and cry, not just sit and stare at the TV.

Rob Lowe, I've known him for a long time because I have three daughters, ya know. He's been cruising those three girls for a long time.

EVEN THOUGH I'M MARKED FOR DEATH, I'MA SPARK TILL I LOSE MY BREATH