Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity.

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.

Peggy is a sovereign nation. She governs herself and those around her by her own laws.

Every flower is a soul blossoming in Nature.

It's unfortunate, I've been the victim of some Australian press.

I kept looking for a logic that would explain life. It never occurred to me that instead love is the vital synthesis.

Life as a therapist is ruthless; circumstances that are helpful to one neurotic may crush another.

I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence.

You should be writing for the love of the story, and when it comes time to return to the manuscript, everything else belongs behind a closed door.

Sometimes a fool makes a good suggestion.

I believe in what I do. I mean, I don't go out - I don't have the clothes or drink anymore, I don't do drugs or any of that. I used to. But I got very ready to get me out of the house.

Size without shape is grotesque.