Italy has great food and Barcelona has great energy.

I love Amsterdam. The city is vibrant and alive. It's fresh and so open. It's definitely one of my favorite places.

Every ‘mistake’ is an opportunity in jazz.

I don't really see huge barriers between any styles of music. My definition of music is "organizing sound and silence into emotion," and that's a very broad definition.

The bandstand is an incredible space. It is really a sacred space. One of the things that is really sacred about it is that you have no opportunity to think about the future, or the past.

It's about being here in the moment, accepting one another and allowing creativity to flow.

Being at home with my family always inspires me. I find it hard to be inspired when I'm on the move. I'm not creative when I'm jet-lagged and sleeping in strange hotels.

I don't really see huge barriers between any styles of music.

I'm a spa person. Massages keep me relaxed, so I always try to make time for them when I tour.

If you listen to the way I speak, I have a lot of rhythm, use a lot of accents. When I'm playing my instrument, that concept comes through very clearly.

I listen to a lot of singers, because I find phrasing to be one of the most essential elements of playing.

One of the greatest things in human life is the ability to make plans. Even if they never come true-the joy of anticipating is irrevocably yours. That way one can live many more than just one life.

The main thing that determines your victory is your tie with God

The more times and the more different things you try, the more likely it is that you will succeed.

All I have to do is find someone who has something to say that will enrich my life and they can't get rid of me.

The mind of man has no defense To equal plain, old common sense. This homely virtue don't despise, If you would be happy as well as wise.

When in still air and still in summertime A leaf has had enough of this, it seems To make up its mind to go; fine as a sage Its drifting in detachment down the road.

I hope this serves as a light for others who come into the league as undrafted players.

I guess we cut Michelle Obama's garden. You hear about that? The Democrats are distressed.

Baseball player. Yeah, that was my dream before acting, or alongside acting.

The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one