Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.

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.

If we aren't willing to do whatever is required, " he said finally, "then we risk losing what we have been mandated to protect.

I'd tell you nice try, but... it wasn't.

Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.

Rectitude carried to excess hardens into stiffness; benevolence indulged beyond measure sinks into weakness.

homesickness is just a state of mind for me. i'm always missing someone or someplace or something, i'm always trying to get back to some imaginary somewhere. my life has been one long longing.

Writing is one of the main ways that I process the experience.

Learning unconditional love helped me have healthier relationships, including my current marriage.

<...> I’ve never believed there is any animal more dangerous than a human being. I never will. It’s the intelligence. It’s the mind that makes it so.

I hate being moved. I hate that man who came in. So self-righteous, so cruel. He made fun of me, that's why I cried. You never did that. You led me into temptation by your - politeness.

The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.