If ya ain't got it in ya, ya can't blow it out..

They can only kill us once..

Once the call of God comes to you, start going and never stop..

For me, jazz will always be the soundtrack of the civil rights movement..

Sadly, God mentions no crowned nags in Proverbs..

You are here to experience life, not to escape from it..

I am viewed as the Negro who has gone outside of the categories assigned to me..

There is no such thing, incidentally, as one kudo..

Be approximately right rather than exactly wrong..

I started off with classical music, and I got into jazz when I was about 14 years old. And I've been playing jazz ever since..

I've never been fired in my life. From anything. I've never failed at anything I've tried..

Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody..

I always go in very emotionally when I'm doing music. Sad or happy, I'm always into it..

The main thing about the word jazz, is that it's very limiting to what people are doing..

We all see only that which we are trained to see..

You won't see Moonves on Twitter..

We only kill each other.

We are, after all, homo economicus..

Life's there to make the most of, and that's what I do..

Your word is your bond, you do what you say you're going to do..

With Carmina Burana, my collected works begin..