Clout is something some seem to have-until they try exercising it.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

Failure is success if we learn from it.

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

The best vision is insight.

Presence is more than just being there.

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.

If you've had a good time playing the game, you're a winner even if you lose.

But I do know which is the least popular. The truth.

Puritanism - the haunting fear that someone somewhere may be happy.

Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history.

The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it.

I feel terrible that I once put too much emphasis on material prosperity.

I happen to be a guy who also plays the piano and sings, so people automatically associate me with Billy Joel.

Civil disobedience is the assertion of a right which law should give but which it denies.

I am a very lucky artist in the sense that I have had all my life a lot of opportunities to do what I want to do.

In order to be an artist, one must be deeply rooted in the society.

If you stretch your imagination, I'll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn't up for sale.