Know or listen to those who know.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of beauty.