You're like the girl who left her shadow in the drawer, but when she went to get it, it wasn't there.

Jazz shouldn't have any mandates. Jazz is not supposed to be something that's required to sound like jazz. For me, the word 'jazz' means, 'I dare you.'

If all you have is music, then you don't have music

The arts can open the door to the imagination, pushing the envelope of how peace can be created. It takes courage to take this kind of risk, and courage is what we all need to create a better world.

Music is interior decoration.

Go out on the stage as a human being and do not be afraid to show struggle in your music. It's a struggle in life and then struggle and then victory.

I always think of music as interior decoration. So, if you have all kinds of music, you are fully decorated!

No one really knows how to deal with the unexpected. How do you rehearse the unknown?

Composing is improvisation slowed down.

Your humanity is your instrument.

To hell with the rules. I'm going for the unknown.

Just tell the truth, and they'll accuse you of writing black humor.

The greatest thing to conquer is self.

But why are you giving this to me if you don’t believe?""Because I know that you do.

...no one can afford not to be a man. No position can compensate for coming face to face with a robot when you are alone.

It's hard for me to stay silent when I keep hearing that peace is only attainable through war. There's nothing more scary than watching ignorance in action.

As we keep up the pressure, our air campaign will continue to hit ISIL harder than ever.

Just five years ago, it was almost impossible to waste a million dollars building a Web site.

The proving power of the intellect or the senses was questioned by the skeptics more than two thousand years ago; but they were browbeaten into confusion by the glory of Newtonian physics.

Many who tried to enlighten were hanged from the lamppost.

I suppose that there is no point wasting time being lazy, though of course indolence in a divine way, actually has its advantages.