I don't believe in having bands for solo records.

I don't believe in having bands for solo records.

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.

The world\'s most famous and popular language is music.

The world\'s most famous and popular language is music.

I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt read more

I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.'

Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant read more

Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they don't get it.

I love making music, I love composing on my computer, just making crazy ethnic slack orchestral tracks, that's one of read more

I love making music, I love composing on my computer, just making crazy ethnic slack orchestral tracks, that's one of my fun things.

If you're a good singer, you're going to make anything sound good.

If you're a good singer, you're going to make anything sound good.

And sure there is music even in the beauty, and the silent note
which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than read more

And sure there is music even in the beauty, and the silent note
which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument;
for there is music wherever there is harmony, order, or
proportion; and thus far we may maintain the music of the
spheres.

The high note is not the only thing.

The high note is not the only thing.