Back in the day, no one had digital cameras. They took these pictures of me, got them developed, and then mailed them to me.
Humility is the doorway 2 truth & clarity of objectives. . . it's the doorway 2 learning.
Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself. And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too. It teaches you how to coordinate with them.
Jazz music is the power of now.
Jazz is democracy in music.
Flexibility is an essential part of Jazz. It's what gives Jazz music the ability to combine with all other types of music and not lose its identity.
Ethics are more important than laws. Which means that the exact note is less important than the feeling of the note.
Complicated lives and heaps of possessions don’t necessarily bring happiness; in fact, they can bring the opposite.
Economy denotes the the proper management of materials and of site, as well as a thrifty balancing of cost and common sense in the construction of works. . . . the architect does not demand things which cannot be found or made ready without great expense. For example: it is not everywhere that there is plenty of pitsand, rubble, fir, clear fir, and marble. . . Where there is no pitsand, we must use the kinds washed up by rivers or by the sea. . . and other problems we must solve in similar ways.
Many people have the impression that there is significant scientific disagreement about global climate change. It's time to lay that misapprehension to rest. There is a scientific consensus on the fact that Earth's climate is heating up and human activities are part of the reason. We need to stop repeating nonsense about the uncertainty of global warming and start talking seriously about the right approach to address it.
You can read books without ever stepping into a library; and practice spirituality without ever going to a temple.