History is strewn thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill, but a lie, well told, is immortal.
A name doesn’t make the music. It’s just called that to differentiate it from other types of music.
There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.
If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.
Whenever you think it’s the end, it’s probably just the start of something else.
Jazz music can relax, soothe and uplift the mind when you absorb it.
The despotism of faction is not less to be dreaded than the despotism of an individual.
The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything.
We can aim to create a culture, where kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.
Don’t ever wrestle with a pig. You’ll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.
He almost adds a Chet-like sound to it.
It’s better to be hanged for loyalty than be rewarded for betrayal.
Some players get very philosophical and cerebral about Jazz. You don’t need any prologues, you just play.
He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt.
The CIA is mainly a branch of the executive to carry out secret and usually illegal activities that the executive branch wants. It wants them to be kept secret because it knows that the public won’t accept them. So it’s highly undemocratic even domestically.
Be open to new information and ideas.
And somewhere in my time with you, the crickets emerged as birds and the blackened hills found their hue. My eyes fell on you; I didn’t watch the sun move, but I felt the world turn all night.
Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.
When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Awareness is the greatest agent for change.
