We become what we habitually contemplate

I don't just write music to esthetically satisfy somebody. The reason I write music is that I feel it's a vehicle or channel which leads to your true self, your essence.

Whenever I heard a musician do something that I could not explain, I went back to the theory in order to figure it out.

I believe that most of what was said of God was in reality said of that Spirit whose body is Earth.

Education has a larger function than the mere communication of knowledge.

If America has a future, Jazz has a future. The two are inseparable.

On the other side of every mountain was another mountain.

Nothing is free in this world. That which comes before you is your very own.

Truly caring people know they have to take care of themselves first.

We never realize the power of real love unless we witness or experience a transaction, because real love costs.

Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.

All good men are anarchists. All cultured, kindly men; all gentlemen; all just men are anarchists. Jesus was an anarchist.

I can say with sincerity that I like cats... A cat is an animal which has more human feelings than almost any other.

Utopianism is probably a necessary social device for generating the superhuman efforts without which no major revolution is achieved.

There are complete men and incomplete men. If you would be a complete man, put all of your soul's strength into all of your life's actions.

Paintings are not like the Internet. They're not like movies. They're not electronic-friendly. You have to go see them. You have to stand in front of them. That's the great thing about them.

If your project has real substance, ultimately the money will follow you like a common cur in the street with its tail between its legs.