Max Askeli was a very courageous, principled man up to a point. He had left Italy before he was thrown in jail by [Francesco] Mussolini.

I always wanted to be a lawyer,but I certainly never wanted to be a trapeze performer.

There is a seamless web to life.. all life is sacred.

I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had

A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have a First Amendment or a Bill of Rights.

Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician.

I was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.

My parents were Orthodox Jews but not very regular Orthodox Jews. I was bar mitzvahed and all that. But God was hardly ever mentioned in my family. Franklin D. Roosevelt was.

The media ignores what is really going on.

I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.

What we have now in America is a surveillance society.

When can you understand that the music you play is very good? It is when people look at you but see no one, no one but the music!

Empty mind is the devil's workshop...and busy mind kills creativity...

No one gives joy or sorrow. ... We gather the consequences of our own deeds.

I grew up watching and learning from the ultimate partnership, and that is of my father and late uncle.

The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you.

All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience.

We wouldn't need any job training centers if our education was working in the first place.

Never saw off the branch you are on, unless you are being hanged from it.

If you see something, say something.

People have to know there is more to living than physical things.