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

There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter.

You have to stop listening in categories. The music is either good or it's bad.

What does music mean to you? What would you do without music?

It is becoming increasingly difficult to decide where jazz starts or where it stops, where Tin Pan Alley begins and jazz ends, or even where the borderline lies between between classical music and jazz. I feel there is no boundary line

Everyone prays in their own language, and there is no language that God does not understand.

Self-discipline, as a virtue or an acquired asset, can be invaluable to anyone.