We're here to have a ball.

Jazz washes away the dust of every day life.

A name doesn't make the music. It's just called that to differentiate it from other types of music.

Music is supposed to wash away the dust of everyday life

So go on and play, and if you make a mistake, make it loud so you won't make it next time.

Jazz, I mean, music will always move, because it can't become stagnant. Because if it becomes stagnant, it's like a river, it'll kill us all. It has to keep moving, music will always flow.

It takes an intelligent ear to listen to Jazz.

If you feel like tapping your feet, tap your feet.

That.s what Jazz music is all about.We started the Messengers because somebody had to mind the store for jazz.No America--no Jazz. It is the only culture that America has brought forth.

All you have to do is be able to feel.

They say that Jazz is back, and I don't think it's gone anywhere. But they say it's back.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

People with looks are lovely. People with brains are witty. People with cash are wealthy. But people with God are truly happy.

My duty is to pray. I know God hears my prayers.

I recalled thinking...His freakishly tidy side could be a problem. To say that neatness was not my strong suit would be a crime against, well, the truth.

ELVIS & MARILYN:The deader they get -the more money they make.

To look for truth in all the wrong and all the right places is the only excuse for living.

When the system does not recognize me I'm not devastated.

What is masculine and what is feminine, anyway? Why should men not show that they can be fragile or seductive? I am only happy when there is no discrimination.

I think he [Vaclav Havel] felt that he could speak more truth, in a way, through writing plays.

I've been accused of deliberately hamming up my accent and dropping letters, but that's just how I speak - I used to be a chav.