Duke Ellington always had a style: original, clean with interesting color combinations. He had an artist's eye.

Musicians like to converse. There's always interesting conversation with musicians - with classical musicians, with jazz musicians, musicians in general.

Don't settle for style. Succeed in substance.

My daddy expected that my brothers and I and our generation would make the world a better place. He had lived in an America of continual social progress.

I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we were grown men. We never knew what he was talking about half the time.

We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.