An audience is in many respects no more than a mob under loose control.

'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a 'swing band' in music.

If you don’t see the wonder in the most ordinary phenomenon, you’re not going to resonate very much.

If you wanna dance, a windshield wiper'll do it-all you need is a beat.

I did all you can do with a clarinet. Any more would have been less.

Jazz was born out of the whiskey bottle, was raised on marijiana, and will expire on cocaine.

You have no idea of the women I didn't marry.

The good old days are neither better nor worse than the ones we're living through right now.

An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself.

Somebody asked me once, 'Do you think that swing will ever come back?' And I said, 'Do you think the 1938 Ford will ever come back?'

An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away.

She walkedthrough her lifeheavyfrom themighty wingsupon her back.

The arts especially address the idea of aesthetic experience. An aesthetic experience is one in which your senses are operating at their peak

I adopted a healthier diet. I take at least a tablespoon of apple-cider vinegar a day. It's an old wives' tale, but it really is one of the best things you can put in your mouth.

We have much to hope from the flowers.

I should not proceed by land to the East, as is customary, but by a Westerly route, in which direction we have hitherto no certain evidence that any one has gone.

Our President has given symbolic support to the National Day of Prayer but I believe that our nation needs an impassioned call to our collective knees.

The unattractive thing about chauvinism is not so much the aversion to other nations as the love of one's own.

Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.

I have a cheat-sheet for each one of my characters about their personality, the way they look, etc. So there is no possible way that I could have writer's block.

This issue is not economic but political. I hope that all market participants interested in maintaining stable and reasonable world energy prices will finally make the right decision.