Henry Ford

Any man can learn anything he will, but no man can teach except to those who want to learn. Education is preeminently a matter of quality, not amount.

The basis of peace should be a world federation.

Much depends on people knowing what opportunity means; it doesn’t mean a silver platter, it oftener means a spade. Self-help means something sterner than ‘help yourself’–reach over and take it.

We do not hire a man’s history, we hire the man.

The only true test of values, either of men or of things, is that of their ability to make the world a better place in which to live.

The short successes that can be gained in a brief time and without difficulty, are not worth much.

If you feel like tapping your feet, tap your feet.

The minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.

If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.

You don’t have to live the blues to play the blues.

My music had roots which I’d dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.

Regardless of what you play, the biggest thing is keeping the feel going.

Hipness is not a state of mind, it’s a fact of life.

If everyone liked what I did, I probably wouldn’t be playing anything of depth.

Your accompanist has a lot to do with how you sing, so experiment and choose your partner wisely.

The main thing is you want to emote.

Well, for me it’s – music is the instrument of life.

Montreal was a very active jazz center until club owners started putting in strippers instead of music. Before long, there was nothing to hear.

Don’t be a perfectionist… leave that to the classical musicians.

Creativity shouldn’t be following radio; it should be the other way around.

[Stratocaster vs Les Paul] It’s a totally different animal. One is for very subtle and, I would say, more musical things that you can distract and abuse. You can’t do that with a Les Paul. It’s too delicate. It’s got a very delicate tone; most people don’t ever realize that because they are plugged into monstrous amplifiers which completely, instantaneously covers up the unique sound quality it has. All those years of development go straight out the window when you overload the amp.