The promise of this life is imperiled by the very genius that has made it possible.

A star can never die. It just turns into a smile and melts back into the cosmic music, the dance of life.

Everybody has that point in their life where you hit a crossroads and you've had a bunch of bad days and there's different ways you can deal with it and the way I dealt with it was I just turned completely to music.

The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.

Music changed my life. I don't know who I would be without it. Don't ignore even the smallest glimmer of passion in your soul, run towards it with everything you have. It could change your life.

If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once a week.