To most jazz critics I was basically Kenny G.

Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing.

I recently formed a foundation to raise awareness for prostate cancer. I feel it's very necessary that men be more aware about prostate cancer and their health in general.

My father's father came from Russia; my mother came from Romania.

You don't have to live the blues to play the blues.

Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you don't have to sacrifice.

I had sat in one day in Central Park with Bonnie and Delaney, and Duane was playing with them, so I asked if he wanted to work on an album. You never had to say to him how to play the guitar.

When you get cancer, it's like really time to look at what your life was and is, and I decided that everything I've done so far is not as important as what I'm going to do now.

My youngest son, who is now the drummer in my band, lives in Brooklyn. My oldest son is about to move out to California, and my daughters are both out of town.

My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.

For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles rhythmically. If I had to pick just one music style to play if would be Brazilian.

All of us must act selfishly to Iearn charity, must lie to learn honor, must betray and be betrayed to learn to value trust and commitment.

But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.

The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected.

German radicalism: freedom-masturbation.

I recommend for everyone the study of some type of sports or athletics, particularly martial arts. Always check with your doctor first, naturally.

Volleyball is not like a formula so we must give players some freedom.

You don't have to feel like a waste of space, your original can not be replaced

The Steve Allen Sunday night show had the right to two options after my first performance.

Pleasures seem solid in their pursuit; but are mere clouds in the enjoyment.

To you your father should be as a god; One that composed your beauties, yea, and one To whom you are but as a form in wax, By him imprinted, and within his power To leave the figure or disfigure it.