Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

Whatever you think can’t be done, somebody will come along and do it. A genius is the one most like himself.

I say, play your own way. Don't play what the public want - you play what you want and let the public pick up on what you doing - even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years.

Sometimes it's to your advantage for people to think you're crazy

The loudest noise in the world is silence.

There are no wrong notes; some are just more right than others.

Trying to explain music is like trying to dance architecture.

Jazz is freedom. You think about that.

Don't play everything (or every time); let some things go by... What you don't play can be more important than what you do.

Jazz is my adventure. I'm after new chords, new ways of syncopating, new figures, new runs. How to use notes differently. That's it. Just using notes differently.

The only cats worth anything are the cats that take chances.

Life is magic.

It's important to stay hydrated - first thing I do in the morning is stretch and drink water.

It's always seemed to me that photography tends to deal with facts whereas film tends to deal with fiction.

I wanted to be an artist. I was studying art. I wanted to be a great painter. When I went into the Navy, there wasn't much to draw at sea. So I began writing, and I began reading a lot.

I don’t like a man to be too efficient. He’s likely to be not human enough.

The first step towards madness is to think oneself wise.

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.

The medium is not the message - the message is the message.

This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God.

Words don't come easily, like forgive me.