You have to be taught to hate.

Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.

Jazz is about the only form of art existing today in which there is freedom of the individual without the loss of group contact.

Damn it, when I'm bombastic, I have my reasons. I want to be bombastic-take it or leave it.

Kinship doesn't come from skin color. It's in your soul and your mind.

It's like a whole orchestra, the piano for me.

The secret of a great melody is a secret.

I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience

Jazz is about freedom within discipline.

Don't be a perfectionist... leave that to the classical musicians.

We don't know the power that's within our own bodies

The dictators, commanders or emperors who want to conquer the world soon realize that the world has already been conquered by the artists and their arts!

I believe in angels because the Bible says there are angels

Hopeful dreams - even where crack kings’ and dope fiends feast. Dust from the ash and rubble

She still felt his gaze on her like the brush of a finger across the back of her neck, making her shiver.

I've never said I'm immortal. I do believe in correct language. I'm eternal; I'm not immortal.

My talent lies in the expression of my life and creative power through light, colour and form. As a painter I can convey the essence of life.

The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.

To be honest, I'm scared to death of rollercoaster rides.

The Irish believed that gods, druids, poets, and others in touch with the magical world could be literal shape-shifters

I realized that democracy is indivisible, or rather, that freedom is indivisible. There are many clown-democracies in the Arab world, which have nothing to do with freedom.