Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

I have a feeling that about 90% of my life has been shaped by my voice, both as an embarrassment and as an advantage. There was always the terrible incongruity of this deep voice barreling out of this little body. Somewhere in the back of my mind I was aware that it was ludicrous, that it took on an importance that wasn't really there. ”

I felt bad when George Bush was booed. But only briefly. My sympathy for that man has a half-life of about four seconds. ”

I live a sensible life. You know, I don't take on too much. ”

Music bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart. I wish my life had more of it. ”

Commercials are not the only exposure that obesity gets on TV. It is by no means a rarity on the wonderful Judge Judy's show when both plaintiff and accused all but literally fill the screen. ”

I have been drawing all my life. ”

I don't know anyone who hasn't woken up one morning, one day in their life and wish they were someone else, or wish they could do something or wish they were capable of something. ”

I look back at Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, and especially Betty Carter, whom I admire the most, and I say, OK, they set a standard of excellence. I listen to them not for what they are doing, but to study where they are coming from because, for me, jazz is life experience. ”

I always say that improvisation is the utterance of one's spirit, and it dictates your life experience, and that's how you find your concepts and your way for painting your musical picture. ”

I think the only way for you to grow and evolve is to keep listening, keep moving forward, keep jumping in and trying to experience. ”