Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum, a base in European classical music as well.

I would like to be a scholar in whatever I do, a scholar is never finished, he is always seeking and I am always seeking.

The quickest way to become troubled is to be concerned with what people are gonna say about your life and your work.

Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play.

You've got a big, big problem if you get caught up in what people say. If you're gonna live for what people say, you might as well lay down and forget it. Because it doesn't work that way.

I have looked to the Steinway piano since I was three, not only as my ideal choice of an instrument. But, as a responsive and ever reliable friend.

Mr. McVicker instilled self-respect in those of us who were his students, because he respected us regardless of our background.

realize what you are not doing and dare to do what you are not doing. What distinctive thing are you not doing?

Eventually, you're gonna have to let someone in.

No duh, Susan said. You are like a walking vault of things you don't tell people. People who have secrets should pay you to hold on to them for them. You could be like a secret bank.

The moment you meet your SoulMate is the ultimate synchronicity. Lucky is the person who recognizes in that very moment the intersection of the perfect time, perfect place and perfect person.

I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.

Everyone needs a place where they can go to just ponder for a while. Silence is important; it's the only time you can hear the whispering of truth.

In the states we all have this idea, everyone who wants to be the next best singer, next best dancer. Those same wants and desires are in India, too.

Sci fi allowed us to be more true to the western than maybe even doing a literal western.

Whoever claims to be smart, but does not concentrate on the Hereafter, is lying.

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.