“It takes a lot of spine and stomach to make yourself into something when no one gives you a foundation.”
“Freedom is something that you give yourself and no one else can ever take away.”
“There's all sorts of ways to live, Chip. Some of them you give a lot. Some of them you take a lot. Art, jazz, it was a kind of taking. You take from the audience, you take from yourself.”
“It takes away a lot of the thrill of killing yourself when people are looking for you and you're disappointing them, because it is a lot of fun when you're out there killing yourself.”
“When people believe you have something to give, something no one else has, they'll go to great lengths and pay a lot of money for it.”
“Do not expect a lot from people when You Yourself can not give much.”