Today, as chief Of the guardians of the seas Of the land of the dawn, I gaze up with awe At the rising sun!
When I record an album I'm trying to get as close as possible to that perfect moment.
If it has more than three chords, it's jazz.
I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future.
I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play.
All the people have gone to war leaving no interrogator to mind.
Electricity comes from other planets.
I am not conscious of a single experience throughout my three months' stay in England and Europe that made me feel that after all East is East and West is West. On the contrary, I have been convinced more than ever that human nature is much the same, no matter under what clime it flourishes, and that if you approached people with trust and affection you would have ten-fold trust and thousand-fold affection returned to you.
Our bodies communicate to us clearly and specifically, if we are willing to listen to them.
I advise those who want to become writers to study veterinary medicine, which is easier. You don't want to be a writer unless you have no choice - and if you have no choice, good luck to you.
There were some people who hit your life so hard, they left a stain on your future.