If we want to end terrorism we need to bring quality education so we defeat the mindset of terrorism mentality and of hatred.
More than anybody else I’d like to thank Count Basie for teaching me how to perform.
I think in all of the arts there are just certain people that have a gift. I think it's a certain spirituality, it's a God-given gift that just certain individuals have.
I have a very strong passion to sing and paint. I'm really a student.
It's really quite a situation. It's ridiculous. I make $200,000, $300,000 a night. For years I was working little dives, and if I got $700 a week, I'd say, "Wow, I'm really cooking.
We're in an era where the demand is for immediate hits that are destined to become obsolescent. Six months later, everyone forgets the artist and the tune. It's become like a con job. Producers, engineers, lawyers and accountants all make money, but the artists don't.
If you are creative, you get busier as you get older.
The world is such a marvel-it gave you trials, but if you were still and concentrated, if you tried to do the right thing, it always provided you with salvation.
Life is spectacular. Forget the dark things. Take a drink and let time wash them away to where ever time washes away to.
It's impossible, that's for sure. So let's start working.
This Roberto. He no like the light.