Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.

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.

Create, and be true to yourself, and depend only on your own good taste.

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

Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.

A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.

If it sounds good and feels good, then it IS good!