Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the piano as his canvas.

Remember: Always walk in the light. And if you feel like you're not walking in it, go find it. Love the light.

Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words, killing me softly with his song.

Getting married is easy. Staying married is more difficult. Staying happily married for a lifetime is among the fine arts.

There's a river somewhere that flows through the lives of everyone.

That's a wonderful thing, because one of the primary qualities of a good performance is honesty.

I didn't know how well my first album had done; it was enough to get me to do the second album, which was a continuation of the music I'd worked on and perfected.

Music is an art form that doesn't need to be explained. It needs to be performed; it needs to be felt; it needs to be listened to; it needs to progress.

So see every opportunity as golden, and keep your eyes on the prize - yours, not anybody else's.

My hope is that out of all the anger and seeming hostility that we hear in some of today's music will come some sort of coalition that will become politically involved.

As musicians, and as people who sell material for people to hear and absorb, it's important that we use that voice wisely.

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent.

No matter what the statistics say there is always a way.

I feel like I always have to have a song on my album that people can use in their weddings.

I go through life with a smile because I know things can be worse than they are.

I wanted to see Democrats out there talking about our core set of issues. And let people around this country vote, let - people have caucuses, let them do it however they're going to do it.

In science, mistakes always precede the truth

Hindu is a geographical identity, or at the most a cultural one - not a religion. There is no set of beliefs that everyone has to adhere to.

Clothes make the body both mysterious and historical.

I consider it equal injustice to set our heart against natural pleasures and to set our heart too much on them. We should neither pursue them, nor flee them; we should accept them.

I like the plot of The Nutcracker - not at all.