Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing.
It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.
You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness. It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment, and then sustaining that attention over time as best we can. In the process, we become more in touch with our life as it is unfolding.
When people say "Let it go," what they really mean is "Get over it," and that's not a helpful thing to say. It's not a matter of letting go - you would if you could. Instead of "Let it go," we should probably say "Let it be"; this recognizes that the mind won't let go and the problem may not go away, and it allows you to form a healthier relationship with what's bothering you.
Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.
Wherever you go, there you are. Whatever you wind up doing, that's what you've wound up doing. Whatever you are thinking right now, that's what's on your mind. Whatever has happened to you, it has already happened. The important question is, "how are you going to handle it?". . . . Like it or not, this moment is all we really have to work with.
The center of our economic revival we'll be fixing our really horrendous, one-way street, horrible trade deals.
Do you have the discipline to be a free spirit?
The fact is most of the things that people know about me are made up. My own life is backstage. So what you "know" about me is only what I allowed you to know about me.
I don't know if it's art, but I know I like it.