“What is jazz? It, It’s almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It’s a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America.”

One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else.

The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don’t listen. They come by it honestly, Americans don’t listen anyway.

Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once again.

It’s hard to get into Newsweek because, as more of our former intellectual magazines take on a pop focus, if there’s no buzz, there’s no interest.

When people go to concerts, they say I’m going to see… not, I’m going to hear.

The fans and supporters are also part of the Olympic family.

If it’s not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what’s the point of playing Terrapin Station?

If you are asking me if I would advocate that the Chinese go to greater flexibility in their exchange rate, I certainly would.

There is no such thing as a dumb question but there is such a thing as a dumb person asking a question.

A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.

When we finally stop asking America to love us and begin to love ourselves, we will prosper as a people.

You owe the companies nothing. You especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.

Asking the question whether the mainstream media has a liberal or conservative bias is like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus.

By not asking too much, you can believe in almost anything..like..a starry night in the mountains, or even the existence of fate.

Instead of striving towards some distant goal that you will never reach, I invite you to stop and ask: How am I avoiding the enlightenment that is already present in each moment? How am I seeing separation where it doesn’t exist?