To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Only the educated are free.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Never complain and never explain.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history.