When I was young I used to listen to everything.

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.

Websites promote you 24/7: No employee will do that.

I believe all positive things and negative things are valuable because they shape you.

Opportunity: A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.

The idea that the Tony committee and the New York theater community as a whole have embraced Billy Elliot is very, very exciting.

I just come and talk to the plants, really--very important to talk to them, they respond I find.

What I've learned about being angry with people is that it generally hurts you more than it hurts them.

I need someone who is able to hold her own - if a girl is really independent, that's a turn-on for me.

If you're considering word of mouth, stability and lifetime value, it's almost always true that the easier it is to get someone's attention, the less it's worth.

When you read, I'm sure you don't realize that your eyes are going backwards and forwards and to this place and that place. Mine don't do that.

If we don't start thinking big about the CO2 problem, we may miss our opportunity to stop a climate runaway that will trash the habitable parts of the earth.