Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing..

I improvised my life along the way - I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen..

I'd been in love before - I was always in love..

My earliest memories are being pinned to a fence with a switchblade..

The act of multitrack recording is the act of arranging..

Let's not get too full of ourselves. Let's leave space for God to come into the room..

It was messed up, because in 1947 my family moved to Seattle and I had to get up at 5:00 o'clock in the morning to catch the ferry back to Bremerton ….

I never felt like I had a mother..

Excellence isn't an act, it's a habit.

There’s nothing in the world worse than having an opportunity that you’re not prepared for. Good luck usually follows the collision of opportunity an….

I don't remember feeling love..

The people who make it to the top - whether they're musicians, or great chefs, or corporate honchos - are addicted to their calling ... [they] are th….

I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe..

They say a blind hog will find the acorn one day..

I've been driven all my life by a spirit of adventure and a criminal level of optimism. I believed in my dreams because they were my only option. The….

Editing while you're writing is like strangling the baby in the crib..

If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You're dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everythi….

I'm a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from..

You have to know that your real home is within..

It's very freaky in Chicago.There's something in the water there, I don't know what it is. But the actual word Chicago means, in the Indian language,….

Thank God, 50 years ago I learned that our entire business is all based on two things; a great song and a great story. Film, television, if you don't….