They say that Jazz is back, and I don't think it's gone anywhere. But they say it's back.

Jazz washes away the dust of every day life.

A name doesn't make the music. It's just called that to differentiate it from other types of music.

Music is supposed to wash away the dust of everyday life

So go on and play, and if you make a mistake, make it loud so you won't make it next time.

Jazz, I mean, music will always move, because it can't become stagnant. Because if it becomes stagnant, it's like a river, it'll kill us all. It has to keep moving, music will always flow.

It takes an intelligent ear to listen to Jazz.

If you feel like tapping your feet, tap your feet.

That.s what Jazz music is all about.We started the Messengers because somebody had to mind the store for jazz.No America--no Jazz. It is the only culture that America has brought forth.

All you have to do is be able to feel.

What ever truth drops on it eventually grinds to a powder.

I try to smile at her, but I can't extend my flexibility training to my mouth, it just won't move.

When a solid first draft of an original tale is complete...you feel as if you could do anything.

I forgot what I was going to think.

The sacred soul writes the sacred words.

Death and the sun are not to be looked at steadily.

It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.

Complexity has nothing to do with intelligence, simplicity does.

Could others hold him?" His face remains the same. "There are no others. You're the only one." I swallow. "I can hold him.

It's a great affirmation of the possibility of overcoming conflict through reason and good will.

The ultimate folly is to think that something crucial to your welfare is being taken care of for you.