Beethoven's last quartets were written by a deaf man and should only be listened to by a deaf man..

The climate is changing, and human activity contributes to that in some manner..

I prefer Offenbach to Bach often..

There are things that inform the works, but that doesn't go anywhere near what you're actually looking at..

I was trained as a straight dramatist..

I love all of our subpodcasts..

I don't act to live. I live to act..

Rock ’n roll is really swing with a modern name. It began on the levees and plantations, took in folk songs, and features blues and rhythm. It's the ….

Never be shamed of being Afrikan.

I never dreamed I would do Westerns..

Music is the softest cushion in the world..

Women and rhythm-section first!?.

I've never not been famous..

Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak..

Music is a pastime, a relaxation from more serious occupations..

When I’m creating at the piano, I tend to feel happy; but - the eternal dilemma - how can we be happy amid the unhappiness of others? I'd do everythi….

Listening to the eternal involves a silence within us..

The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as po….

When you don't have a seat at the table, you're on the menu, my friend Lee Saunders has said, and he is correct..

I have to change to stay the same..

If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it.