There are a lot of records coming out, in every field of music, not just jazz.

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.

A man and a woman marry because both of them don't know what to do with themselves.

My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them.

The Costa Rica experience shows that with dedicated resources, creative institutions, and a sound legal framework, deforestation can be reversed and forest cover expanded.

[Whole] generations may be swept away by the madness of kings in the space of a single hour.

I mean, I'm not a, you know, a fraidy cat. I mean, I am truly concerned in this country that we are moving towards fascism.

There will always be a easy path and a right path.

Here saw I a great oneing betwixt Christ and us, to mine understanding: for when He was in pain, we were in pain.

The truth is that I hate to think about other people reading my books," Miranda said. "It's like watching someone go through the box of private stuff that I keep under my bed.

We'll do what life always does defy expectations.

He speaks four letter language because his mind is small. His voice is like venom, I don't like him at all.