Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.

You Don't Have To Be The Best Writer In The World To Become A Successful Author. However, You Do Need To Sell Lots of Books.

the time will come, my dearwhen I will hold you closeand all will beright againin the world.

He who coordinates his thoughts with his actions controls his own destiny.” ~ Amunhotep El Bey

He who is greedy is always in want.

This is the artist, then, life's hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty's miser, glory's slave.

If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be.

We do not commonly find men of superior sense amongst those of the highest fortune.

Every novel is an equal collaboration between the writer and the reader and it is the only place in the world where two strangers can meet on terms of absolute intimacy.

In my life, I've had estates in Russia, houses in Spain, in Norway, in the deep south of America.

He would write it for the reason he felt that all great literature, fiction and nonfiction, was written: truth comes out, in the end it always comes out. He would write it because he felt he had to.