I don't need time. What I need is a deadline!.

The artist must say it without saying it..

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

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

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

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

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

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!.

The common root, of course, comes out of Africa. That's the pulse.The African pulse. It's all the way back from . . . the old slave chants and up thr….

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

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..

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

A goal is a dream with a finish line..

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….

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

There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter..

Simplicity is a most complex form.

Problems are chances for us to do our best..

There is no art without intention..