Whenever there's a change with Jazz & its aesthetics, it's almost always reflected with a change in the culture.

Jazz is such a powerful cultural statement that it's almost as if it's intertwined with society.

Sounds of daily life are musical. I try to absorb the intricacies of sounds as if I were listening to music.

The hardest part of playing the trumpet is the physical act of making the sound.

I will soothe you and heal you, I will bring you roses.I too have been covered with thorns.

To have a flexible, open, clean mind, you have to do three things: exercise it, accept new ideas, clear out the clutter. Be willing to change your mind when it needs changing.

Leaders build bridges

My parents couldn't handle my energy so they enrolled me in every sport the school was offering. I didn't resent it because I loved sports and picked them up easily.

I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said 'We saw your movie.' 'Which one?' I said. He shouted 'Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn't like?

The name Bowie just appealed to me when I was younger. I was into a kind of heavy philosophy thing when I was 16 years old, and I wanted a truism about cutting through the lies and all that.

A nation's not a child, for God's sake. ... It's like a wild horse you tame by breaking it. Or a fiery woman you slap till she sees sense and warms your bed.

Our bodies are made to move, and moving down the trail is one of the oldest, natural ways people have used their bodies.

The mob is easily led and may be moved by the smallest force, so that its agitations have a wonderful resemblance to those of the sea.

I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough to be a wit.