What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on.

I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with.

It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.

Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.

You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it

The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.

So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone

This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear

People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to use all the time

In a way, I started out to be a baritone player.

Eliminating the piano means that I've always worked closer with the bass than most players.

If you do not do the thing you fear, the fear controls your life.

I will not back down from defending America. I got elected on defense of our country. I keep my campaign promises, and our citizens will be very happy when they see the result.

Everything about a movie is manipulation.

Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.

How do you beat Obama? Beat him with a Cain!

Have an objective to give your bender a theme. For instance, stalking and killing a wild pig with a bowie knife.

We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death.

Only the two of us together flying high upon the wings of love.

I drummed in some rock bands. I asked for a drum kit when I was 15 and my parents were kind enough to buy me one and I just started playing with my buddies who played guitar.

God will not make you do something you don't want to do - He will just make you wish you had.