It's so important to me to make the music right that I didn't have time to be intimidated.

It's a great thing about being a musician; you don't stop until the day you die, you can improve. So it's a wonderful thing to do.

I got so many emails and text messages, my phone blew up because it couldn't handle everybody. It's like almost being at your own funeral because of the way the headline read.

Scott Tixier is an exciting young jazz violinist and is making an international name for himself. I heard him in France and was immediately struck by his individuality and his sound.

World is suddener than we fancy it.

She was no longer wresting with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts.

Maybe loneliness is an acquired taste, or maybe it's like plunging your hand in ice water--it hurts like hell in the beginning, and then you go numb.

I like cool jackets - a nice fall or winter coat. You can get a lot of use out of it, and you'll wear it frequently, so it can really set the tone of your uniform for the season.

There's nothing funnier than religion. Try explaining it to a kid. I had it all wrong when I was a kid.

Alone in a world, With millions of souls Walking in circles Trapped in their dreams unhealthy, unclean walking in circles, now do not disturb scream in silence everyone's sleeping

The States are great. I'd like to go just to see life, see things and hear people talk. It's like a circus where different acts go on at the same time.

I like to get things going. I get so many different ideas, whether it's film, TV, whatever.

If it's not a contract I want then I won't sign it. That's not a threat.

Farce is nearer tragedy in its essence than comedy is.