"Human nature is the same in all professions."

“Sometimes there are no gigs, but the main thing is the music. You can't take that away. The only person who can take that away from you is you.”

Source : "Mike Stern: About The Music". Interview with All About Jazz, www.allaboutjazz.com. September 23, 2004.

“I used to have a saying that when a player is at his peak, he feels as though he can climb.”

“So perverse is mankind that every nationality prefers to be misgoverned by its own people than to be well ruled by another”

“Because it corresponds to a vital need, love is overvalued in our culture. It becomes a phantom - like success - carrying with it the illusion that it is a solution for all problems.”

Source : Karen Horney (2013). “The Neurotic Personality Of Our Time”, p.287, Routledge

“We are all so close. We are godfather to each others' kids. I was the best man at Jesus' wedding.”

“Everybody who is somebody becomes nobody the moment they fail”

“While you're talking behind my back, feel free to bend down and kiss my ass.”

“Even a stone, and more easily a flower or a bird, could show you the way back to God, to the Source, to yourself. When you look at it or hold it & let it be without imposing a word of mental label on it, a sense of awe, of wonder, arises within you. Its essence silently communicates itself to you and reflects your own essence back to you.”