I never had much interest in the piano until I realized that every time I played, a girl would appear on the piano bench to my left and another to my right.
I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing.
No one ever became great by imitation.
My first relationship to any kind of musical situation is as a listener.
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
[on enlightenment] Body and mind dropped off.
I call it fan fatigue. I went to see Bob Dylan last year, who I think is absolutely incredible, but he suffers from his audience.
I’ve had the pleasure of playing with the baddest Jazz cats on the planet.
I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.
The trouble is now, with rock’n’roll and stuff, it gets so big that it loses what once upon a time was a magnificent thing, where it was special and quite elusive and occasionally a little sinister and it had its own world nobody could get in.
I am sorry to think that you do not get a man’s most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.
Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.
People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
Plenty of times I wanted to haul off when somebody insulted me for the color of my skin, but I had to hold to myself. I knew I was kind of an experiment. The whole thing was bigger than me.
I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within – in front of the sea.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
Live, let live, and help live
You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.
Your business, and your brand, must first let people know what you care about, and that you care about them.
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
