You Make Your Mistakes To Learn How To Get To The Good Stuff.
Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.
Let’s not get too full of ourselves. Let’s leave space for God to come into the room.
Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me.
Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.
I tell my kids and I tell proteges, always have humility when you create and grace when you succeed, because its not about you. You are a terminal for a higher power. As soon as you accept that, you can do it forever.
The only music I don’t like is bad music.
Everybody has their idiosyncrasies.
I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.”
You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home.
The process is the most beautiful part.
I got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like a ton of bricks, everything just came out. I played percussion for a while, and stayed after school forever just tinkering around with different things, the clarinets and the violins.
I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.