You have to know that your real home is within.

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.

I don't remember feeling love.

Jazz has the power to make men forget their differences and come together... Jazz is the personification of transforming overwhelmingly negative circumstances into freedom, friendship, hope, and dignity.

Excellence isn't an act, it's a habit

China's got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain't right.

When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.