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.

Every day you must be able to say, I have to get up because I'm needed by someone. As long as you have that, you're healthy.

It's the attitude about life, man. Looking at the light instead of the dark. Looking at love instead of fear.

What happens when you get a big break and you haven't prepared yourself? That becomes the biggest mistake you've ever made. I see it happen all the time.

I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.

I'd been in love before - I was always in love.

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