A song should have all the color and beauty of every rose.

I was reading Omar Khayyam, Kahlil Gibran, Rumi, L. Ron Hubbard, all sorts of philosophy. Bebop cats are like that. Curious. I wanted to know about everything.

To me it's no accident that all the symphony orchestras around the world tune up to the note A. And A is 440 cycles, except in Germany where it's 444. But the universe is 450 cycles. So what I'm trying to say is, I think it's God's voice, melody especially. Counterpoint, retrograde inversion, harmony... that's the science and the craft.

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

You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.

Young people should travel, and they don’t. You can’t know if you don’t go.

Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.