“life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity, & stumble from defeat to defeat.”

“The truly faithless one is the one who makes love to only a fraction of you. And denies the rest.”

“I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.”

“I have no brakes on...analysis is for those who are paralyzed by life.”

“Jazz is the music of the body. The breath comes through brass. It is the body’s breath, and the strings’ wails and moans are echoes of the body’s music. It is the body’s vibrations which ripple from the fingers. And the mystery of the withheld theme, known to jazz musicians alone, is like the mystery of our secret life. We give to others only peripheral improvisations.”

“From the backstabbing co-worker to the meddling sister-in-law, you are in charge of how you react to the people and events in your life. You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead. Take control and choose to focus on what is important in your life. Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life.”

“Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning.”