It's sad to see these old buildings go because they have so many memories, and it's a real personal kind of thing when you play these places. It's part of our history just gone.

It's a matter of choosing what is most important to you and putting that first. Once you have recognized your true purpose in life, this becomes much easier.

The calm mind allows one to connect with the inner self, the Soul, the very source of our being. That's where the music lives. That's where my music comes from.

I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead.

Now that I am much older, I have had a number of sax players tell me I was responsible for them playing sax. Some of them I have admired over the years.

I have no agenda - just to be loved. Somebody said to me, 'Whenever somebody says your name, a smile comes to their face.' That's a great accolade. I strive to keep it that way.

Tears may come and go, But there's one thing I know. All my life you're a friend of mine. You can depend on me. I'll be fine... 'Cause you're a friend of mine.

I do read music, but I prefer playing from the heart.

I take my job as a rock and roll sax player very seriously. To do it the way that I must do it, I must be in good condition. The better shape you're in, the harder you can rock.

Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one's own community is a most natural thing to do.

God will give you no more than you can handle.

The path to Salvation is as narrow and as difficult to walk as a razor's edge.

I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn't show.

Time past cannot be stopped, saved, or regained. But a photograph allows you to borrow it.

I actually washed my window once, and it fell through - it was being held together by the dirt.

If you find yourself under lethal attack don't be kind. Be harsh. Be tough. Be ruthless.

Become important to others.

The laws of chess are as beautiful as those governing the universe - and as deadly.

I'm seventy-one now, so it's hard to imagine a dramatic change.

There's a lot of ingredients go into being a good tennis player.

Offices are not powerful because they exist; men make them so. Rights are not honored because they exist; men compel their recognition.