We live in a world that pays attention to speed, volume, and flash. Subtlety has its own power in relation to that.

The drums have hogged a lot of the credit. We're as much -- or more -- *cymbal* players, as we are drummers.

There is no point in launching technology before customers are ready to use it.

We can all be grateful that there is a place like (University of) North Texas! North Texas has been unique among schools in the country that offer jazz studies . . . quality!

Truthfully, she was the best thing in his life and he was a complete idiot if he let her walk away from him.

Writing is my life. Life is my hobby.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

A Liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

It is the risk element which ensures security. Risk brings out the ingenuity and resourcefulness which ensure success.

Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it.

Christmas never would have caught on if it had been called Celebrate a Little Jew's Birthday.

What is the world full of? It is full of things that arise, persist, and cease. Grasp and cling to them, and they produce suffering. Don't grasp and cling to them, and they do not produce suffering.

Success is a process of continually seeking answers to new questions.

I have a good sense of humor. I think everything we do should have whimsy in it.