The best legacy you could leave is not some building that is names after you or a piece of jewelry but rather a world that has been impacted and touched by your presence, your joy, and your positive actions.

All we can do is go about our work. But we can have a goal. We can have a dream.

You fuel your life with trust and love instead of fear and doubt.

Pretty fortunate that with the exception of two months when I was 23, that I worked in a law office pushing paper around. I was always able to eke out a living somehow. So I'm blessed.

I have to say, music was always my self preservation survival technique. This sort of sacred space in my life and in my mind.

When [Charlie Parker] saw the young guys, especially the ones that were scuffling... "Did you eat today?" And if you hadn't eaten, he'd take you and buy you some lunch.

Connection to the music and the history was very powerful to me. I think that's what I feel the most blessed about.