If we do not step forward, then we step back. If we do not protect a right, then we deny it.
You do not have to do everything disagreeable that you have a right to do.
I once shook hands with Pat Boone and my whole right side sobered up.
Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.
To give one's life is a right only when one gives it unselfishly.
Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.
May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.
I've always wanted to be an animator. That's an ultimate art form, right there.
The biggest problem with American music right now, is that kids don't listen. They come by it honestly, Americans don't listen anyway. When people go to concerts, they say I'm going to see... not, I'm going to hear.
The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the '60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid.
Humans are imperfect. That's one of the reasons that classical and jazz are in trouble. We're on the quest for the perfect performance and every note has to be right. Man, every note is not right in life.
When we first went there we completely lacked confidence. Our manager told us our act was too long, and told us to drop certain numbers and concentrate on the exciting stuff. And he was right.
There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
Left wing, right wing, I am wingless and tired of trying to fly. Here comes the ground.
I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right.