In 1994, I started touring again and I recorded two albums for Chesky Jazz.

My brother had a big band in high school; after that we continued to play together, eventually forming a group called the Jazz Brothers, that recorded for Riverside Records.

Music is meant to be a beautiful thing.

I write music people enjoy playing and listening to, and I have a group that loves playing the music.

I tend to not want to put labels or categories on the music, only because people come with preconceived ideas about what they're going to hear, or won't come for this reason.

I was blessed to work with The Jazz Messengers when the two piano players were Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea.

A studio recording is perfection, but emotion and passion come only when you turn on the machine and go for the groove. If you do that with no mistakes, it sounds beautiful.

Whether it's string writing or whatever, I try to write for what each instrumentalist can do best.

I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me

Brazilian music has many of the ingredients that I strive for in my own music: Strong melodies and a disciplined but intense rhythmic concept, and interesting harmonies.

Terbang sendirian tinggi di udarakaulah Sang Helang... milik angkasarayabukan milik pepohonan... tempat engkau melepaskan lelah

The nature of God is that we welcome and celebrate one another

Maybe I shouldn't scare off my date so quickly by shooting guns and telling stories about vomit, but, hey, the sooner he knows the real me, the better.

Chivalry is the most delicate form of contempt.

(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.

But it is with a different kind of spell that art deludes you ... it leads you to pay religious honor and worship to images and pictures.

Feeling lost? Take a dream and convert it into small goals, then start taking the steps to hit those goals.

Life is like a school; one can learn, one can graduate, one can skip a grade or stay behind.

If we live long enough, we become caricatures of ourselves.

Can a nation remain healthy, can all nations draw together in a world whose brightest stars are film stars?