It is the encounters with people that make life worth living.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble$$$ finding it everywhere$$$ diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
If you find it hard to laugh at yourself$$$ I would be happy to do it for you.
Never forget what you are$$$ for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness.
The most prized possession in this music is your own unique sound. Through sound$$$ jazz leads you to the core of yourself and says express that. Through jazz$$$ we learn that people are never all one way. Each musician has strengths and weaknesses. We enjoy hearing musicians struggle with their parts$$$ and if we go one step further and learn to accept the strong and weak parts of people around us and of ourselves$$$ life comes at us much more easily. A judge has a hard time out here.
Jazz shows us how to find a groove with other people$$$ how to hold on to it$$$ and how to develop it.
Confine yourself to the present.
Because a thing seems difficult for you$$$ do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.
It is so easy to convince others; it is so difficult to convince oneself.