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

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

Everybody in Canada seemed to listen to what they enjoyed, and nobody could tell them what to like, or what was the popular, or what was the In thing. Even today, it is very hard to brainwash a Canadian.

The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.

Critics have their purposes, 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 they did.

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.

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