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.

The only music I don't like is bad music.

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.

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

You can study orchestration, you can study harmony and theory and everything else, but melodies come straight from God.

I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.

I chose the trombone because the trombone players in the marching band got to be up front with the majorettes (because of the slides) and I loved that!