Theres so much beautiful music in the world, and the kids are getting robbed.

Because the stuff that they feed kids now, they'll have a bunch of idiots in the next millennium as far as art and culture is concerned.

The Japanese actually approach the music on a high level. It's always been on a high level.

You know the drum was the first instrument besides the human voice.

If I couldn't do it, then I'd be defeated. I've got the tools to do it. I never did question my tools.

If somebody would come and they're not playing music, they would encounter certain people on another level.

Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't.

The French - they like jazz, theyve been on jazz a long time.

It's something that - jazz is one of the few things that you can go and listen to, I don't care where you're from, what you are, what background you come from - there's something there for you.

I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan.

I enjoy seeing young people being interested in what they can do.

Even when we earn a lot of money, how we earn it should be a pleasant experience.

Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

No pressure is greater than God's power.

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If I come back and I lose, at least I know I did everything I should have done, I have no regrets, I'll be happy. I can die happy.

I'm not a war photographer. I've always dealt with the consequences of conflict.

I hate To tell again a tale once fully told.

When you're an actor and you can set your arm on fire, you feel kind of magical.

No one has ever touched me like you do. You’re like a whisper. Gentle, soft. Soothing. In my world, the people only shout and scream. But you… you’re my haven. “ … “God, you’re good

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