Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
I can, therefore I am.
You never know what motivates you.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Know or listen to those who know.
Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to connect it to other countries, for instance to Africa, but it doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa.