Yousou N'Dour

Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free.

Yo Yo Ma

Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.

Lou Reed (1942-2013)

Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.

Sonny Rollins

I think we are in the midst of this period where we are committing this suicide on the planet and everybody is just using up all of our natural resources like a bunch of insane people. That's what I worry about more than I worry about jazz.

Bruce Springsteen

Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it.

Kenny G

I've learned that you simply can't control those bad vibes.

Wayne Dyer

The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.

Louis L'Amour (1908-1988)

Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.

Scott Hamilton

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

Francois Rabelais (1493-1553)

Debts and lies are generally mixed together.

Cat Stevens

Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of nourishment. And music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony.

Al Pacino

It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.

William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

Buddha (568 BC- 483 BC)

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

Amelia Earhart (1897-1938)

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

R.D. Lang (1927-1989)

There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.

Bob Dylan

Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.

William James (1842-1910)

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

James Caan

I think we have to believe in things we don't see. That's really important for all of us, whether it's your religion or Santa Claus, or whatever. That's pretty much what it's about.

Franz Kafka (1883-1921)

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Mother Teresa (1910-`1997)

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

Gene Hackman

The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.

Carl Jung (1875-1961)

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.