I didn't have a particular persona. I'm not Alice Cooper, you know?
New Orleans - the real New Orleans - is the soul of the country.
Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself. And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too. It teaches you how to coordinate with them.
Jazz music is the power of now.
Jazz is democracy in music.
Flexibility is an essential part of Jazz. It's what gives Jazz music the ability to combine with all other types of music and not lose its identity.
Ethics are more important than laws. Which means that the exact note is less important than the feeling of the note.
The more elaborate our means of our common sense is, the less the common sense it becomes.
Most college students are not as smart as most college presidents.
I have emerged from the tunnel of grief into the light. Life is better. Not the same, but good and getting better all the time.
My whole mentality is that I eat what I want within moderation, and I have a little bit of everything. If you deprive yourself, you get moody and unhappy, and you have to enjoy life.