There is no such thing as 'on the way out' as long as you are still doing something interesting and good; you're in the business because you're breathing.

Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine, I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans. It has given me something to live for.

Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.

Don't do nothing halfway, else you find yourself dropping more than can be picked up.

What we play is life.

I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right - shame on you.

If I don’t practice for a day, I know it. If I don’t practice for two days, the critics know it. And if I don’t practice for three days, the public knows it.

Each man has his own music bubbling up inside him.

And I think to myself what a wonderful world. Oh, yeah.

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.

A lotta cats copy the Mona Lisa, but people still line up to see the original.

Joy is the best companion, virtue is the noblest acquaintance, wisdom is the cleverest friend, and love is the kindest soul mate.

It’s better to be individual than a clone of someone else.

I descended into solitude so thick that conversations with repairmen became anxious social occasions.

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

You can't stop the aging process. There's only so much oil you can put on your body. I've always just tried to go with my age.

The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life

The amateur software engineer is always in search of magic.

The way to "find" the perfect career is to give up the notion that you will ever find it, stumble across it, or that it will somehow magically find you, and to get to work designing it.

We project our ideas about ourselves into the heavens and call them ideas about God.

Don't be shaped by regret, disappointment, fear of the future, resentment and the like. The Lord's joy is your strength. Enjoy it.