A person's age can be determined by the degree of pain he experiences when he comes in contact with a new idea.

Music was the one thing I could control. It was the one world that offered me freedom. When I played music, my nightmares ended. My family problems disappeared. I didnt have to search for answers. The answers lay no further than the bell of my trumpet and my scrawled, pencilled scores. Music made me full, strong, popular, self-reliant and cool.

Michael (Jackson) was so shy, he'd sit down and sing behind the couch with his back to me while I sat with my hands over my eyes-and the lights off.

Let's not get too full of ourselves. Let's leave space for God to come into the room.

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

Whenever a woman would come too close, I would cut her off. Part of that was vindictive - but that was totally subconscious.

Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.