I pride myself on being a jerk, because I'm brutally honest all the time.
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.
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.
Music is interior decoration.
Alas, it is just a single image - an extended moment perhaps. Unlike a biography, a portrait cannot present the many differing moments that make up a personality.
I came to believe in a power much higher than I
The hour is ripe, and yonder lies the way.
It is possible to experience an awakening in this life through realising just how precious each moment, each mental process, and each breath truly is.