As a musician, I look for certain things that stimulate me. And what I look for is something that’s an evolution on a particular genre that I never heard before.

There is immense power in an idea, because it unites people. It motivates them toward change. But the real power lies in their unity, in coming together – if enough can be rallied to a...

Heaven doesn’t ignore cries of a broken heart.

I heard my teacher said “great people make history”. I am not concern about “great” or “people” or “history”. I am concerned about “make” and it keeps me asking the next question “how?”! They are...

I thought Nixon was getting ganged up on, but when I heard the tapes, I was shocked and terribly saddened.

Most people heard about Hamas after Hamas started carrying out terrorist attacks. Hamas started out as an idea. Let’s say a noble idea – resisting occupation.

You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.

It’s extremely damaging to a fair trial to have people reaching judgment about the case in the newspapers and on the radio before the facts are heard in a case.

The unknown grayish mystifying forest was benumbed into frost-covered cold, and the tremendous pines towering above the dark marshy soil resembled a gathering of severe mute brothers from a forbidden ancient order worshiping forgotten gods...

The Joan Crawford that I’ve heard about in ‘Mommie Dearest’ is not the Joan Crawford I knew back when.

I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone.

I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all.

I’d never heard anything about this at all.

Sometimes you work with somebody you’ve never heard of because you just feel like working.

But if you think of all the people who don’t like me, just think of all the millions who’ve never heard of me!