In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify the emotions the filmmaker wants you to feel.

History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions.

We're having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz?

The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts.

It is the great arrogance of the present to forget the intelligence of the past

I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's an active disengagement.

Do not lose your enthusiasm. In its Greek etymology, the word enthusiasm means, "God in us."

History isn't really about the past - settling old scores. It's about defining the present and who we are.

People tend to forget that the word "history" contains the word "story".

By its very nature, no one person can ever be the center of Jazz.

I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films.

If the father cannot, the son will finish the task.

If you don't think you were born to run you're not only denying history. You're denying who you are.

All great men come out of the middle classes.

My dad being a salesman taught me you can sell anybody anything if you've got the ability to believe.

The goal of online dating is to get offline as quickly as possible.

But also philosophy is not about perceptible substances they, you see, are prone to destruction.

When I go, I'll take New Year's Eve with me.

The true Christian is a communicator.

What we live with is ourselves. And when you have your own identity you are much easier to live with.

I've always tried to - when I've been able to - support young artists, no matter what medium.