The sweet-smelling aroma of the island spices still hung in the air. It filled his nostrils and titillated his appetite all over again. His appetite drove him mad for something much more than food.

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object beware of this stumbling block.

Jazz of the sort we play is a happy, extroverted music. You don't have to think about it too much.

Your body's made to run, to walk, to trek long distances and carry things, work in a forest, and hunt animals. You have to keep it alive to function.

All acts of love and pleasure are my rituals

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood.

There's a strange sort of quiet when you're dying. It's as if you're in a glass room, and the walls keep getting thicker and thicker.

No. You know what really bugs me about my videos? When they can't figure out what to do, they just have me change clothes five times.

If you go back, 'The Great Gatsby' would be a portrait of the rich and fortune made by business.

To me, it was about finding new opportunities. I know my voice touches people. It has for years. I can't give that up.

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.