"Jazz has the ability to absorb & transform influences from diverse musical styles."

“Faith goes out through the window when beauty comes in at the door.”

“Hold your head up, there's a light in the sky I know your fed up but you must try to survive Each moment's precious, don't let life pass you by Keep focused, keep your eyes on the prize.”

Source : Song: Hold Your Head Up, Album: The Language of My World, 2005

“Sometimes in TV, it can get really stale, especially if you're doing these 23-episode years. It's a lot of work, and to put your family through that, on a location, is not always the greatest thing in the world.”

Source : "‘Magic City’: Jeffrey Dean Morgan On His Return To TV And The Allure Of New Starz Series" by Laura Prudom, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 30, 2012.

“The job of dictator is now a high-risk job.”

“Passion Of Mind movie is one of my rare romantic things. I'm ready for another. Shooting that, I remember France. We were in the south of France, and Paris. That's the first thing that comes to mind for that. I just remember that that was a beautiful place to be when we shot it.”

“One consequence of this is that people are expected to make it on their own by chasing clicks or building a brand. What a diminished vision that is.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“People are, by and large, quite poor at judging correct absolute values but are astute about determining relative values. Psychologists call this coherent arbitrariness, which suggests that individuals are coherent when they compare prices on a relative basis but arbitrary when those prices are considered versus fundamental value.”

“Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.”