Kenny G, I have to be grateful to him for proving that the instrument can be played all different kinds of ways.

The soprano has all those other instruments in it. It's got the soprano song voice, flute, violin, clarinet, and tenor elements and can even approach the baritone in intensity.

Jazz is people's music, a collectivity.

There is an awful lot of what I call recreational jazz going on, where people go out and learn a particular language or style and become real sharks on somebody else's language.

Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo.

The potential for the saxophone is unlimited.

Saxophone is one thing, and music is another.

You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.

I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever.

It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing.

I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.

Remembering tires a person out. this is something they don't teach us. Exercising one's memory is an exhausting activity. It draws our energy and wears down our muscles.

I have a simple principle for the conduct of life - never to resist an adequate temptation.

I'm the kind of person that thinks that you should get what you deserve in what you show, with actions, not with words.

To be credible we must be truthful.

Jealousy is not love, but self-love.

Zindagi migzara (life goes on)

Make a little room in your plans for romance again, Anne, girl. All the degrees and scholarships in the world can’t make up for the lack of it. ~Aunt Josephine to Anne in Anne Of Green Gables

Life is not easy. Life is very harsh. We have to be strong. Otherwise, life will destroy us.

The reason why we obtain no more in prayer is because we expect no more. God usually answers us according to our own hearts.

For the spiritual being, intuition is far more than a hunch. It is viewed as guidance or as God talking, and this inner insight is never taken lightly or ignored.