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

Without music, life would be a mistake.

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.

How wonderful life is while you're in the world.

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

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