Herbie Hancock

It’s not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.

It is people’s hearts that move the age.

Music is the tool to express life – and all that makes a difference.

It’s not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.

I’m always interested in looking forward toward the future. Carving out new ways of looking at things.

If I were running ‘The View’, I’d fire Rosie O’Donnell. I mean, I’d look at her right in that fat, ugly face of hers, I’d say ‘Rosie, you’re fired.’

This is just to get the kids ready to play. It’s not about the score of the games. We want the boys to learn what they can from this. It helps the coaches see where we’re at and what we need to be working on.

Before our albums are released I feel like we still own it, that we have control over our music. But once it’s out there in the world it’s no longer ours.

The Troubadour was the only place where you could go and showcase for record companies. If you were lucky you might get to sing three or four songs that night.

Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I’m proud to be Latina.

For a while I was like, “Oh my God, anyone that would release an album as an actor is the biggest fool ever”, but I happened to have sung all my life before I was an actor. Why are musicians allowed to become actors? No one ever gives them flack for that.

To a smart girl men are no problem – they’re the answer.

I’m just incredibly fortunate that my eyes and ears have been opened. I have to be honest with myself and remove as much of the repetition and fakery as is humanly possible. To soothe the savage heart, we have to repeat ourselves sometimes – that’s entertainment.

I’d love to do a musical, either in film or on stage.

But contrary to what some people seem to think, I was never a bully. I was just a hard man.

There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles. It was the day they built the second automobile.

If you have paparazzi, you know you’ve gotten somewhere.

You can’t give up something you really believe in for financial reasons. If you die by the roadside – so be it. But at least you know you’ve tried. Ten minutes in the music scene was the equal of one hundred years outside of it.

You don’t need people’s opinion on a fact. You might as well have a poll asking: ‘Which number is bigger, 15 or 5?’ or ‘Do owls exist?’ or ‘Are there hats?’

Being on tour is like being in limbo. It’s like going from nowhere to nowhere.