Many an American jazz musician has been beguiled by the lush melodies and sumptuous rhythms of Brazilian music, but Peter Sprague has taken the romance a good deal further than most.

Jazz has the ability to absorb & transform influences from diverse musical styles.

Life is not an arrangement of flowers or a walk in the park

Discovering passion and purpose requires figuring out what works and what doesn't. Mature, successful people establish their on rules. These rules are measured by only one standard: do they work?

Smiling and Expressions of Emotion. A genuine smile is inviting, contagious, and encouraging. People do read a book by its cover and your expressions provide a glimpse for what they’ll find inside.

An explorer of the universe is sexier than a musician.

I hardly teach. It's more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process.

Faith means believing the unbelievable.

The French are not normally a Nordic Skiing Nation.

It's interesting when you go out into the world and see which of your roles have affected people.

I guess when I was a kid I wasn't the type of person playing a lot of pranks. I was the type of person upon whom pranks were pulled.

I'm not so much interested in the return ON my money as I am in the return OF my money.