The true friend . . . knows that you need him in that very moment –not tomorrow, not next week. By next week you may happy, or you may be dead.

Be brave. You didn't travel this far to languish within the walls of your comfortable self.

The truth is revealed to those who desire to know, but also to those who will take the time to take action to counter or further the truths they have come to know..

...most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution.

Superior music is purity itself; it clears the air.

But how cool, how quiet is true courage!

Vanity, shame, and above all disposition, often make men brave and women chaste.

He whose longing has been aroused for the indescribable, whose mind has been quickened by it, and whose thought is not attached to sensuality is truly called one who is bound upstream.

The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music, released which includes improvisation or soloing.

In order to accomplish more than you ever have before, you must do more than you have ever done before.

At this point, American workers are pretty respectful of the bosses they loathe.