A goal is a dream with a finish line.

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it.

People do not retire. They are retired by others.

I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right.

There is no art without intention.

Hurry, get on board, it's comin', listen to those rails a-thrumming all aboard. Get on the "A" train, soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem.

I'm sure critics have their purpose, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what he did.