Enthusiasm attracts more passengers and energizes them during the ride.

I was also sitting in from the middle of senior year of high school at Sweet Basil, it was a great club in New York.

A guy like Scott [Robinson] plays the whole history of music on every instrument you've ever heard of. He's just kind of an unparalleled genius.

I remember Art Blakey saying to me, "Just remember, we're blessed to do what we do."

Only through service and sacrifice can you become great.

Everybody wants the quick fix, but it doesn't happen overnight. You have to be willing to put it out there. I call it 'the secret to being an overnight success,' which means there really isn't a such thing as an overnight success. ! The secret is you work really hard for 10 years, and then you become an overnight success.

It's very unlikely you're a genius, but, if you're ready to work at it hard and you want to listen to music all the time and you want to learn about it and you want to be around the people who do it, you'll find your own way.