Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence.

Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing.' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition and requires a lot of thought and study.

it ain't as hard as picking cotton

Jazz is democracy in music.

We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us.

The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note. The other is the two-beat groove. It's in New Orleans music, it's in jazz, it's in country music, it's in gospel.

Many a revolution started with the actions of a few. Only 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. A few hanging together can lead a nation to change.

What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out.

I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do.

There are forces all around you who wish to exploit division, rob you of your freedom, and tell you what to think. But young folks can rekindle the weary spirit of a slumbering nation.

Always listen to your soul... it speaks to you, only if you listen!

You will be a beautiful person, as long as you see the beauty in others.

I don't want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.

It was always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals came easily.

Just put your best foot forward and hope for the best. You also have to acknowledge that you're going to make mistakes.

You see what you think, you see what you feel, you are what you see If with the camera you can make others see it - that is photography.

Can one invent verbs? I want to tell you one: I sky you, so my wings extend so large to love you without measure.

One should never mistake pattern for meaning.

The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical.

I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.