I think all record companies should be run by a musician. Just as you wouldn't trust your health to an electrician.

Now as jazz musicians we're saying for this society, you can free up your imagination. You can proceed in an area without much information and you can function in an area without much information.

I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have ruined a generation of trumpeters.

Adam Berenson knows how to compose, organize an ensemble, do musical research, play solo and trio piano, write for musical journals, and enlist others to his cause. A very fine musician.

God knows I've got so many frailties myself, I ought to be able to understand and forgive them in others. But I don't.

When death comes, he respects neither age nor merit. He sweeps from the earthly existence the sick and the strong, the rich and the poor, and should teach us to live to be prepared for death.

The power chakra is the navel center. The center of balance is the heart chakra; it's the center of our being. The third eye is the center of wisdom, the Agni chakra.

The great end of art is to strike the imagination with the power of a soul that refuses to admit defeat even in the midst of a collapsing world.

I've written some standalone novels, but a book series allows fans in. There's much more intense involvement.

A boy's best friend is his mother.

Had Hillary Clinton taken [Bill Clinton's advice], I think she could have mitigated her losses but I still think [Donald] Trump would have won.

As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.

People wanted to me to describe more about what I call "the container," and then describe what the second half of life feels like.

If your opponent wants to fight, the fight will be very interesting not just for the audience, but for myself.