You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad..

The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen..

If you have a great band with a mediocre drummer, you have a mediocre band. If you have a mediocre band with a great drummer, you have a great band!.

A goal is a dream with a finish line..

Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand..

There are 2 rules in life: Number 1- Never quit Number2- Never forget rule number 1..

Put it this way: Jazz is a good barometer of freedom... In its beginnings, the United States of America spawned certain ideals of freedom and indepen….

Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion..

Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else..

A problem is a chance for you to do your best..

Simplicity is a most complex form.

You've got to find a way of saying it without saying it..

How can anyone expect to be understood unless he presents his thoughts with complete honesty? This situation is unfair because it asks too much of th….

Gray skies are just clouds passing over..

Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste..

Music is the tonal reflection of beauty..

There is no art without intention..

Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited..

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing..

There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind..

Problems are chances for us to do our best..