There are only people doing their imperfect best at doing their imperfect jobs

If a creative person has a sense of humor, a sense of style and a certain amount of stubbornness, he finds a way to do what he needs to in spite of the obstacles.

To create, we need both technique and freedom of technique

An improviser does not operate from a formless vacuum, but from three billion years of organic evolution

Play, intrinsically rewarding, doesn't cost anything; as soon as you put a price on it, it becomes, to some extent, not play.

Whispered words can be devastatingly effective.

Practice is an ever-fresh, challenging flow of work and play in which we continually test and demolish our own delusions; therefore, it is sometimes painful.