It's one thing to reject the idea that it's a man's job to bring home all the bacon; it's another the 500th time your wife reaches for the check at dinner.

I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me.

If I could stomach the awful part of being a veterinarian, which involves sticking your hand up animals' behinds, I would be a vet.

One out of forty American men wears women's clothing. We've had more than forty presidents. One of these guys has been dancing around the Oval Office in a prom dress.

Two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is that if we are not beautiful to each other, we cannot know beauty in any form.

The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues.

If you let people break your spirit and detour you from your path, then you have not been true to yourself or those you're here to touch, those who believe in you.

When you win a race your on top that day, so take it for what its worth, have a good time and party, cause the next day when you get out of bed, the meter goes back to zero again.

She watched the first episode and she was like, 'This is feminism?' And then by the end of the season, she was like, 'This is feminism.' The tone changed completely. She was really psyched about it.

All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues.

Dig until you hit rock. Then take out that jackhammer and go a little deeper.

Pursue your heart's deep driving desires with joy and love.

Writers start with a grain of sand, and then create a beach.

I read passionately with a need to know and see the act of reading as an act of cognition and not simply a means of passing time.

How many are silenced, because in order to get to their art they would have to scream?

At the end of my life I want to be able to say I contributed more than I criticized.

Beauty is a perilous gift.

Buy a friend; hire a lawyer.

Footballers are slaves. I know this from the personal experience of being a footballer.

My life is not easy, but it's awesome.

If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.