There's so much spontaneity involved, what do you practice? How do you practice teamwork? How do you practice sharing? How do you practice daring? How do you practice being nonjudgmental?

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.

Through everything I have passed but nowhere I have been.

I thought I would be understood without words.

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.

Missing, one stunningly attractive teenage boy. Answers to 'Jace' or 'Hot Stuff

When the mighty chains of darkness had me on the ropes, everyone said quit now, that's when I found hope.

In a blind town, the one-eyed man is king.

We [ The Kansas]'re somewhat hard-pressed at this time to imagine any bands that'll be around 40 years from now (and that's our personal opinion).

It is a good thing I no longer have a heart, because if I did, it would surely break.

A programming language is like a natural, human language in that it favors certain methaphors, images, and ways of thinking.

I watched a lot of comedy growing up.