“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.”

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.

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.

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

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?

We wanted to make fun of that fear-based culture we’ve been plunged into. And Halloweens the perfect metaphor for fear.

The outcome of this culture of discrimination is that young people are routinely denied the roles in society they can, should, and need to be occupying.

Quality of life lies in knowledge, in culture. Values are what constitute true quality of life, the supreme quality of life, even above food, shelter and clothing.

I do not conceive of any manifestation of culture, of science, of art, as purposes in themselves. I think the purpose of science and culture is man.

You had to use it to fight apartheid & some of us resisted that in the end, you recognize that you are facing a government that has no scruples about using culture & art to oppress you.

Geography is destiny.

Use your own reason to find the truth. And to do this, you must first get rid of the myths that your culture injected to your brain!

But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.