I think I was supposed to play jazz.

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.

Follow the truth and you will never get lost.

I've raised millions of dollars for the vets. I'm helping the vets a lot.

It's a wise person, I guess, who knows he's dumb, and an honest person who knows he's a liar. And it's a dumb person, I guess, whose convinced he's wise...-Bob Slocum

Life is about losing everything, gracefully.

Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others will be possible.

Love that seeks to do men good is cowardice when it refuses to prevent them from doing wrong.

Man is spirit. But what is spirit? Spirit is the self. But what is the self? The self is a relation which relates itself to itself.

... the truth is exactly that which can't be got into words. We are forced to lie, a little or, if we are inferior, much.

I get so excited when a song I wrote that's very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.

From its origin to the present hour, in all its vicissitudes, Masonry has been the steady unwearing friend of man.