I'd like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life.

I think it's like a relay race. You run, and you hand over the baton, and your kids pick it up. They take the stuff they want, throw the rest away, and keep running. That's what life is about.

It's like being a gym rat, but you're a theater rat, and then that becomes your fraternity house. That becomes your extended family.

I think I've far exceeded what I ever thought I could possibly do.

Your success is in your point of view. It's your life that you're talking about; it's your observations. That's the best lesson that I ever had.

That's the thing about jazz: it's free flowing, it comes from your soul.