“When you get old you begin to understand that no one talks unless someone listens, and no one knows nuthin' less somebody else can understand.”
“Hip - Someone who knows the score. Someone who understands "jive talk." Someone who is "with it." The expression is not subject to definition because, if you don't "dig" what it means, no one can ever tell you.”
“You can't understand where someone's going unless you understand where they've been.”
“You don’t need to talk to get to know someone, you just need to listen,”
“Sometimes you've got to be able to listen to yourself and be okay with no one else understanding.”
“You can get discouraged many times, but you are not a failure until you begin to blame somebody else and stop trying.”