Imitate, assimilate, and innovate.

Well, I'm too old to pimp, and too young to die, so I'm just gonna keep playin'

I believe that regardless of how many people you've listened to or emulated over the years, your sound is you and what you really feel inside.

Your sound is you & what you really feel inside.

Imitate, assimilate & innovate.

Your mind is a positive asset. Use it for positive thoughts.

Count Basie was college, but Duke Ellington was graduate school.

I was very thrilled to witness the workby my ol' buddy Jim Widner whose expertise in the field of jazz education proved invaluable in putting this masterful CD (Yesterdays & Today) together.

Love cost its like working a full time job you got to put work and effort into it, and that's why it fails with a lot of people because they on the job part time !!! #GeminiStatus

Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.

Because the birthday of my life Is come, my love is come to me.

The desire to impress is an efficient means of bringing out one’s least impressive qualities.

If you're a serious actor, you wouldn't put yourself up for one of those shows in case you got bumped off the first week and all your colleagues saw it.

Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.

I love performing. I shall perform until the day I die.

It is my dearest wish to help young artists of our country....and to assist them in establishing themselves in the art world.

How should I know why! I didn't invent human beings, Iggy.

There is an excellent way to make predictions without the slightest risk of error: predict the past.