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

They can only kill us once..

I loved working with Mandy Patinkin, I have to say..

Every thing is changing every minute..

I used to do a lot of apologizing for what the State Department had done..

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

There is no art without intention..

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

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself..

Sadly, God mentions no crowned nags in Proverbs..

What is not possible is not to choose..

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

Sometimes there are no gigs, but the main thing is the music. You can't take that away. The only person who can take that away from you is you..

Live constructively and live optimistically..

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

There's not a word in the Quran or the Hadith that requires that women cover their faces. To the contrary, the only requirement is that they uncover ….

Once you'd resolved to go, there was nothing to it at all..

If you understood everything I say, you'd be me!.

At a time when individualism is becoming an endangered species, jazz represents a celebration of the individual..

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life..

I ain't from Africa. I'm from St. Louis..