The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes.

God breathes through us so completely...So gently we hardly feel it...yet it is our everything.

There are so many things to be considered in making music. The whole question of life itself... I know that I want to produce beautiful music, music that does things to people that they need.

Don't ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.

I believe that men are here to grow themselves into the best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do.

Invest yourself in everything you do. There's fun in being serious.

Whatever I'd say would be an understatement. I can only say my life was made much better by knowing him. He was one of the greatest people I've ever known, as a man, a friend, and a musician.