The Russian composers, especially, tricked the symphony orchestra into the kind of dynamic, rhythmic thing

What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on.

I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with.

It's true I've always been attracted to the jazz band in an orchestral way, rather than a band way.

Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately.

You can make a saxophone into an electric organ; you can do everything with it

The first reason for starting to do the symphony concerts was to play this new piece of mine.

So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone

This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear

People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to use all the time

In a way, I started out to be a baritone player.

The dead to the grave, the living to the loaf.

There's joy in every circumstance. The beginning is bitter, but in between, there are valuable lessons that bring joy.

The thread connecting one person, one event, to another exists only in the imagination.

A beautiful gift does not decrease in value because it is wrapped in ugly paper.

When you reach out to those you need to forgive, it is you that will be touched and healed.

The moral and religious system which Jesus Christ transmitted to us is the best the world has ever seen, or can see.

Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God. Fear of the unknown path stretching ahead of us destroys childlike trust in the Father's active goodness and unrestricted love.

The light of friendship is like light of phosphorus, seen plainest when all around is dark.

Autonomy is the whole thing; it's what unhappy people are missing. They have given the power to run their lives to other people.