I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility.

I’m not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy trying to explain and be ashamed of things you think are wrong with me.

You don't have to be fearless to do anything, you can be scared out of your mind.

When people say, "Oh, she plays like a dude," it's usually dudes who are the ones saying it. They're saying, "Oh, she's as good as us." Of course, that's a stupid statement.

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

Whoever you are, if you know what you're doing, you don't want other people to overtake the merit of your art.

I just think music is so intrinsically linked with images in the culture that we live in that youll be hard-pressed to have an experience with the music without a preconceived notion.

You can grow up with literally nothing and you don’t suffer if you know you’re loved and valued.

People are more used to seeing men who are masters at an instrument than women.

I am insubordinate by nature. I can't help it.

The benefit of the radio is, something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you, can enter your realm of knowledge.

Scars mean you fought. Wrinkles mean you lived. Heartache means you loved.

No matter how rich or poor you might feel, right now is the time to be generous.

I know you even under the skin.

I need to not be scared of not having someone there to back me up. I just need to tackle things on my own. I feel like I have the power in me to make it work.

Here's our policy. It's Unite the world against terrorism.

I am what I am because early in life I decided that I would please at least myself in all things.

Congregations are lifeless because dead men preach to them.

Don't be defined by your failures, be refined by them.

What is marriage but the renunciation of unchastity? The savage does not marry. Man marries because he renounces.

But there is nothing to be done till a horse's head is settled.