Whoever you are, if you know what you're doing, you don't want other people to overtake the merit of your art.

I’m not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy trying to explain and be ashamed of things you think are wrong with me.

You don't have to be fearless to do anything, you can be scared out of your mind.

When people say, "Oh, she plays like a dude," it's usually dudes who are the ones saying it. They're saying, "Oh, she's as good as us." Of course, that's a stupid statement.

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility.

I just think music is so intrinsically linked with images in the culture that we live in that youll be hard-pressed to have an experience with the music without a preconceived notion.

You can grow up with literally nothing and you don’t suffer if you know you’re loved and valued.

People are more used to seeing men who are masters at an instrument than women.

I am insubordinate by nature. I can't help it.

The benefit of the radio is, something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you, can enter your realm of knowledge.

You'll do fine.""What, you're psychic now?""Didn't you know?" he asks seriously. "Must be an aftereffect of the bond.

Relationships are blessings, but they need the manure of love, respect and devotion. A little more would raise expectations and a little less would bring remorse.

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.

IMPROVIDENCE, n. Provision for the needs of to-day from the revenues of to-morrow.

By instinct I'm an adventurer; by choice I'd like to be a writer; by pure, unadulterated luck, I'm an actor.

Know that the most neurotic, most ugly situation is simply testing you. It is testing capacity, beyond his control, your flexibility, your adjustment and your character.

Freedom is not free. It is bought at a high price. It can be squandered cheaply.

I'm a workaholic, so I read everything that's out there.

A person is as young as their dreams and as old as their cynicism.

The system that people work in and the interaction with people may account for 90 or 95 percent of performance.