"In shows where the audience wants to try to understand the work, the work is placed in a space of possibility where it becomes a subject of inquiry rather than being subject to conclusive interpretations. This is the gift I receive when I go abroad."

“The friends who met here and embraced are gone, Each to his own mistake;”

“Have you ever wanted something so much that you would do anything to have it - even knowing that it was bad for you?" "Of course," Adam replied. "All truly enjoyable things in life are invariably bad for you - and they are even better when done to excess.”

“Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it, it's like 1 percent of the music market - no one cares. Why? Because the majority of jazz is old,”

Source : "Glasper revels in success of hybrid jazz album". Interview with Nekesa Mumbi Moody, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. July 06, 2012.

“You must be very patient, very persistent. The world isn't going to shower gold coins on you just because you have a good idea. You're going to have to work like crazy to bring that idea to the attention of people. They're not going to buy it unless they know about it.”

“I'm following the players, and it's great. We've never had so many Top 10 big players like now. There's so many out there that are very close.”

“I wrote eight full-length adult novels in my twenties. None of them were published”

“The beauty of social media is that it will point out your company's flaws; the key questions is how quickly you address these flaws.”

“I think there are four or five interesting pockets where a lot of cool technology companies are getting started. Chicago is one of them. New York is certainly another. Silicon Valley really dominates. And you're seeing some stuff out of Boston and Seattle and down South.”