We must be as pure as our music.

Music is the healing force of the universe.

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

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.

Be like the moon—reflect lights of love from within.

If someone doesn't care to accept you, respect you, believe in you, don't hesitate to move on and let them go. There are many who love and appreciate you just the way you are.

Even then I found the word fitting, soothing.Fireflies.Fire flies.Fire, fly.

and the best, if not heedfully used, will prove the word. The better and keener the knife is, the sooner and deeper will it cut thy fingers, if thou take not heed (647).

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

I would no more teach children military training than teach them arson, robbery, or assassination.

Red is one of the strongest colors, it's blood, it has a power with the eye. That's why traffic lights are red I guess, and stop signs as well.... In fact I use red in all of my paintings.

The discipline of personal mastery...starts with clarifying the things that really matter to us (and) living our lives in the service of our highest aspirations.

That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of our reputation.