Selfishness can be a virtue. Selfishness is essential to survival, and without survival we cannot protect those whom we love more than ourselves.

Problems are chances for us to do our best.

Of the One O'Clock Lab Band after hearing their performance, and sitting in with them at the White House: "I wish it were mine".

I fluffed off the guy who kept requesting tunes all night, then found out he was the King's son.

Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.

There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.

Roaming through the jungle of "Ohs" and "Ahs", searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats.