It's not our past which most determines the possibilities open to us, it's what we choose here and now to make happen in our present and future.
Jazz is not gonna be a dinosaur and stay around in one form.
To me living and music are all the same thing. And I keep finding out more about music as I learn more about myself, my environment, about all kinds of different things in life. I play what I live. Therefore, just as I can't predict what kinds of experiences I'm going to have, I can't predict the directions in which my music will go. I just want to write and play my instrument as I feel.
My mother gave me a choice. She said, 'Would you like to take singing lessons or piano. ' I'm glad I chose piano.
When a man's faith is never tried, I don't think he'll ever learn anything. You have to have trial and tribulation, or what are you going to learn?
Every performance is different, but I try to approach them in the same way and give it my all.
The piano is like an orchestra - I'm very fortunate that I chose it as my instrument.
The thing is, when you see your old friends, you come face to face with yourself. I run into someone I've known for 40 or 50 years, and they're old. And I suddenly realize I'm old. It comes as an enormous shock to me.
If women who were free to speak did not speak, we might as well say to the entire world, 'No matter what you do to women, no one cares, just go right ahead. '
Every man's nature is a sufficient advertisement to him of the character of his fellows.
An important re-engineering principle is that companies should focus on their core competence and outsource everything else.