For rich people, the sky is just an extra, a gift of nature. The poor, on the other hand, can see it as it is, a gift of infinite grace.
Traveling with a big band is like being an inmate in a traveling zoo.
Never play anything that don't sound right. You might not make any money, but at least you won't get hostile with yourself.
Slow motion gets you there faster.
The trouble with doing nothing is that you can never take any time off.
I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late.
The recollection of how, when and where it all happened became vague as the lingering strains hung in the rafters of the studio. I wanted to shout back at it, Maybe I didn't write you, but I found you.
It was 22 years of work in a row, right up until 1987. Twenty-two years in a row-either on tour, writing an album, or recording an album. It wasn't until 1987 that I was able to take a breath.
I am sentimental,’ she said. ‘I could dissect a koala but not its baby. I like the words damozel, eglantine, elegant. I love when you kiss my elongated white hand.
The most important fact about our shopping malls, as distinct from the ordinary shopping centers where we go for our groceries, is that we do not need most of what they sell, not even for our pleasure or entertainment, not really even for a sensation of luxury. Little in them is essential to our survival, our work, or our play, and the same is true of the boutiques that multiply on our streets.
I just want to say one word to you-just one word. . . "plastics!". . . There's a great future in plastics.