Power is intoxicating..

I'm so not a celebrity..

Whenever society gets too stifling and the rules too complex, there's some sort of musical explosion..

I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life..

I'm thought of as this pissy, complaining, freaked-out schizophrenic who wants to kill himself all the time..

Rap actually comes out of punk rock, not black music..

What we hear is the quality of our listening..

I've always been a businesswoman..

Rastafari not a culture, it's a reality..

What is my definition of jazz? "Safe sex of the highest order.".

There was so much that you could do, instead of looking for things that you couldn't do..

I cannot play a lie. I have to believe in what I play or it won't come out..

I don't have to stop you. All I have to do is slow you down." -Ganner Rhysode.

Magick is not something you do, magick is something you are.

Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again..

I was afraid that my success would be dependent partially upon my body, and it's true I can't be 20 pounds heavier and play the leading lady. But I'm….

These magic moments when rhythms and harmonies extend themselves and jell together and the people become another instrument. These things are pricele….

I used to try to play like [Miles Davis], and Miles caught me copying him one night at Birdland. He said, 'Hey man, why don't you play some of your o….

You have to go, but I have to stay..

I liked Bach played the way people expect Chopin to be played, and vice versa..

What is an ending? There's no such thing. Death is the only ending..