I generally oppose gun control, but I support the ban on assault weapons and I also support a slightly longer waiting period to purchase a gun

We, we – as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and I think, you know, we do it differently and I think that industries are not quite the same as a result of Virgin attacking the market.

The message will be very, very clear that we are campaigning to defend and extend workers rights and trade union rights in Britain.

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

It doesn’t matter how slow you go as long as you don’t stop.

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

Jazz was born out of the whiskey bottle, was raised on marijuana, and will expire on cocaine.

But even the President of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked.

Being home alone at night makes me a bit nervous. If I’m at home alone, I have to sleep on the sofa – I can’t face going to bed. I’m there with the TV on and all the lights on. I’m not very brave about anything in life. In tennis, yes. In everything else, not very.

The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.

Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.

When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country.

The miracles of genius always rest on profound convictions which refuse to be analyzed.

It’s easy to demonise people, you’re usually wrong about it, people are nicer than you think.

The human soul, by once suffering as much as it is capable of, purchases a strange and terrible immunity to all the rest of life’s sorrows.

Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real.

Jazz fans love Miles and I love him for a myriad of reasons, but the overviews are always too simplistic.

All of our actions take their hue from the complexion of the heart, as landscapes their variety from light.

I’ve never done a romantic comedy, because it seems they can’t just tell a love story. It’s always something like a radio station does a poll and decides these two people will get along, and if they do they get a million dollars. You don’t need all of that to get into a love story.

The best rooms also have something to say about people who live in them.

Musicians tell me, if what I’m doing is right, they should never have gone to school.