Plato

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.

Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

When I decided that I wanted to be a Jazz musician, I knew that it was about improvising.

In Europe, they like everything you do. The mistakes and everything. That’s a little bit too much.

You’ve got to learn your instrument.

I was really running a music school back then, because my band wasn’t making any money. I keep talking about money, because most people don’t understand the part of money in running a band.

My improvisations are a beguiling mixture of the vertical and the horizontal.

Every day I look forward to getting with my instruments, trying new things.

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.

Your daddy’s rich and your ma is good lookin’ So hush little baby don’t you cry.

The sign of a mature musician is knowing what not to play.

My wife Martha used to call me Ol’ Lemon Face because of my facial contortions when I play Lucille. I squeeze my eyes and open my mouth, raise my eyebrows, cock my head and God knows what else. I look like I’m in torture, when in truth, I’m in ecstasy. I don’t do it for show. Every fiber of my being is tingling.

I try stuff. I synthesize what’s of value with some of the other things I have at my disposal.

If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.

I’ve never recorded anything I didn’t like.

I wanna hear myself everywhere

Music is interior decoration.