Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.

If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.

If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You're dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.

Did you know you would become as successful as you have? Hell, no. But you know what? You were prepared, baby.

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.

I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth."

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.