What makes Jay Johnstone unusual is that he thinks he's normal and everyone else is nuts.

Half this game is 90 percent mental.

Contrary to popular belief, I have always had a wonderful repertoire with my players.

It is beyond my apprehension.

I've got a great repertoire with my players.

When men reach their sixties and retire they go to pieces. Women just go right on cooking.

For me, the cooking life has been a long love affair, with moments both sublime and ridiculous.

Genius does not care much for a set of explicit regulations, but that does not mean that genius is lawless.

I think people want to put you in a box and close it away so that it makes them feel better. A lot of musicians get that.

If a man is often the subject of conversation he soon becomes the subject of criticism.

Let's clean up our environment. Let's clean up our bodies, but most importantly, let's not permit our babies of the future to be polluted before they are even born.

When I work, I really try to get absorbed in the character. Unless I want to do something playful with the camera, I'm not too worried about where the camera is or positions.

I plan for the future, but the only day I really worry about is the day I'm living right now.

Sociologically, large groups of people don't generally have massive changes in their belief instantaneously.

Looking back you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life- and it was you. It is not too late to find that person again.