Trane was the father. Pharoah was the son. I was the holy ghost.

Music is the healing force of the universe.

We must be as pure as our music.

I think I'll give them another chance. Americans deserve another chance with my music.

If people don't like it [my music] now, they will.

Bebop was like humming along to Mitch Miller to me.

Your life is full of purpose, push past the set back and press into the set up.

Some would do just about anything for an exodus.

You can't fake it when you're alone with God, you know.

Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves.

We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just.

Linus: What would you say you want most out of life, Charlie Brown? To be happy? CB: Oh, no. I don't expect that. I really don't. I just don't want to be unhappy!

It's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies

Artists, no matter how good their intentions, are always slower than they think.

I have a broad but not an expert or scholarly background in the Jewish tradition. I've tried to learn what I can from childhood, but I am not an expert on Jewish teachings.

nothing good ever comes out of denying the truth about our situation.