We're travelling for about nine-and-a-half months a year.

Perfect retention. I dont think I could do that-Ive never disciplined myself to do it.I suppose a lot of it is a question of discipline. Which improvisation is not.

Learn the rules and then break them in such a way as to exercise good taste.

I always tell people, it took me 10 minutes and 35 years in the business. I get tired of playing it ["Lullaby of Birdland"], but not of collecting the royalties.

When people ask me how is it I was a musician, I facetiously say that I'm a firm believer in reincarnation and in a previous life I was Johann Sebastian Bach's guide dog.

My affiliation with England is borne out by the fact that I do come back for periodic visits.

The way it works: The orchestra plays a few selections of its own and I terminate the first part of the programme on piano, usually with a movement from a Mozart concerto.

If you establish an identity, you build a monster-and thats right, youve got to live with it. Of course, you can enjoy it, too.

Can anybody be given creativity? No. Only equipment to develop it if it's in them in the first place.

You know, when you've established a certain thing, what can you do? You're stuck with it.

I don't like freedom jazz - I think it's void of roots and void of foundation.

A being with no faith in the human self is a being with no spirit of life, regardless of how many Fathers or Holy Spirits or Sons it believes in.

Success largely depends on the relationships you build along the journey.

The power of positive thinking is vital for maintaining happiness, goodhealth and longevity.

But I think tackling prejudices is as important as offering shelter.”AdvertisementSimpson said she planned to encourage the Syrian women to have a coffee with their female neighbours.

I like a quiet evening with family or friends over, great food and great discussion and a lot of laughter. That's really what I think fills my tank.

Nobody has been held accountable for the Bytyqi murders. Those in command of the camp and the forces operating there have never been charged.

Looking back, it's funny how the lighter family-friendly version of these classic Universal movie monsters that were satirized in The Munsters seduced me like a gateway drug into the genre.

I don't know if there is some psychological thing of wanting to know where your doctor got his degree from before he comes into the medical room.

All duality is a mind creation, all duality is created by the clinging and attached mind. When there is no attachment there is no duality.

Television: The device that brings into your living room characters you would never allow in your living room.