You need better technique than I have to play jazz, but what you have to do is the same thing, isn't it?
I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them.
I had the fortunate experience to play with people from different schools of music. Sam Rivers is from the fundamentalist school of music.
To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.
They use all of the music that I did in the '50s, '60s and the '70s behind people like Tupac and LL Cool J. I'm into all that stuff.
Indeed, we are privileged to have been afforded the opportunity to study Nature and to follow our own thoughts and inspirations in a time of relative tranquillity and in a land with a generous and forward-looking government.
And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.
In designing hardware to be used every day, it was important to keep both the human aspects and the machine in mind. What looks good also often feels good.
Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.
And we'd drink huge amounts of scotch and coke, which is a ghastly sweet drink... And now people don't drink nearly as much, for good reason. We're all a little wiser.
We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.
The artistic taste of the Catholic priests is appalling and I am most anxious to have a Catholic church in which everything is genuine and good, and not tawdry and ostentatious.
Everyone goes through the ups and downs of living - fretting about the future, worrying about what happened. Music teaches us how to be in the moment.
The Jewish tradition presents itself as the greatest revelation of God's truth that can be known in the world. That is why we call ourselves 'the chosen people.' It is not that we choose ourselves. It means that we have been elected by God and given ...
Louis Freeh said on national TV that actionable intelligence could have allowed us to stop the hijackings.
Is it right to probe so deeply into Nature's secrets? The question must here be raised whether it will benefit mankind, or whether the knowledge will be harmful.
Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it. We were more dedicated. We didn't have a choice.
I told him he'd have a heart attack a year ago, but unfortunately he lived a year longer.
With us tonight is William Warfield, who is with us tonight. He is a wonderful man, and so is his wife.
If it is a relief to take your clothes off at night, be sure that something is wrong. Clothes should not be a burden. They should be a comfort and a protection.
An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site.
