Don Cherry

Jazz is an art that makes a person completely naked.

Pain is the price you pay for resisting life.

Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

You be the clouds above, I’ll be the grass below, and everything in between will be where our love will grow.

Love cannot be defined, reduced, or ignored. It exists just the same for me, for you, for everyone.

A man can’t ‘just be friends’ with another woman. Period.

I don’t like when there’s too much conversation because I’m shy and it makes me uncomfortable.

Whenever you think it’s the end, it’s probably just the start of something else.

Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.

Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.

And you know, two heads are better than one.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

People who consistently win have a clear and thoughtful strategy. They know what they need to do and when they need to do it. They write it down so they stay on course, and avoid any alternative that does not get them closer to the finish line.

Failure is no accident.

You must learn that you do not have to be angry just because you have the right to be.