You have to sound sad first of all, then maybe later you can sound good.

The soprano has all those other instruments in it. It's got the soprano song voice, flute, violin, clarinet, and tenor elements and can even approach the baritone in intensity.

Jazz is people's music, a collectivity.

There is an awful lot of what I call recreational jazz going on, where people go out and learn a particular language or style and become real sharks on somebody else's language.

Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo.

The potential for the saxophone is unlimited.

Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.

You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.

I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever.

It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing.

I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.

Humor is a prelude to faith, and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

As leaders, it all comes down to trust. Do you trust the sovereignty of God?

A ready smile concealed a firm mind.

Theatre is about people, not buildings. Incalculable damage has been done to the expert talent a company needs - from wardrobe to lighting technicians.

A lot of great art comes from the Afro-American male experience. Black men are geniuses, and many times their desperation, their position as being pariahs, leads them to great originality.

The only reason I don't want to commit adultery is because I love my wife and I love my lord.

Future is an empty paper, but not absolutely empty; the shadows of the drawings of the past is there, on the paper!

Each component of the organism, like the individual in the social body, possesses the capacity for enjoyment of the self through sharing with others.

When I first saw a picture of the crucifixion, I lost respect for my parents. I suddenly realised that this is what the adult world is like - full of cruelty and hypocrisy.