We can speak our honest minds without compromise and without censorship and to each other and to our people. We can take our message directly to our people.

A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality.

We didn't come here to set any fashions in music. We merely came to bring a much-needed touch of home to some lads who have been here a couple of years.

I thought I had swell ideas, and wonderful musicians, but the hell of it, no one else did.

Why do you judge me as a musician, John? All I'm interested in is making money.

I haven't a great Jazz band and I don't want one.

We leaders are criticized for a lot of things. It's always true after a band gets up there and is recognized by the public.

You don't have to do anything. Why worry? It's all god's plan anyway. Just love everyone and believe.

Hope is believe in the word of God.

Nothing happens without waiting. The seed in the ground does not become a tree overnight. It goes through seasons, nurturing, watering, pruning before it bears fruit.

It may be life is only worthwhile at moments. Perhaps that is all we ought to expect.

As a former minority leader who became the first Republican Speaker of the House in Florida since Reconstruction, I know that leadership is not an easy task.

Uncertain as I was as I pushed forward. I felt right in my pushing, as if the effort itself meant something.

My inspiration can come from anything - films, the street, paparazzi pictures.

If one acts rightly and honestly, it is difficult to decide whether it is the effect of integrity or skill.

Quantum physics is one of the hardest things to understand intuitively, because essentially the whole point is that our classical picture is wrong.

Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.

Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?