Don't waste your energy on those who don't get on your bus.

I didn't always have time to practice as much as I wanted to do, that was a real problem for me in high school and college.

There are a lot of different ways you can be a part of this music and love it and make a contribution that's personal to you.

I had a lot of bad habits in how I was playing the horn. And I slowly, in high school and college, started to recognize them and get them a little better. But it was not an overnight process, I'll say that.

I saw that [music] reflected in my mother when we listened to these records [of Bob Gordon]. And I felt it too.

Successful people do ordinary things with extraordinary consistency, commitment and focus.

There is a very small chance that you might be really brilliant and really talented.