"[on Edward Snowden] He should be brought back from Russia and given due process, and I think the proper outcome would be that he would be given a death sentence."

“When employees are happy, they are your very best ambassadors.”

Source : "Online Extra: At Costco, "Good Jobs and Good Wages"". Interview with Michelle Conlin, www.bloomberg.com. May 31, 2004.

“The highest intellects, like the tops of mountains, are the first to catch and to reflect the dawn.”

“No one who likes a song lacks congeniality ...”

Source : Dorothy Salisbury Davis (2014). “A Gentleman Called”, p.76, Open Road Media

“I have a song deep in my heart, And only I can hear it. If I close my eyes and sit very still ...It is so easy to listen to my song. When my eyes are open and I am so Busy and moving and busy, If I take time and listen very hard, I can still hear my Heartsong. It makes me feel happy. Happier than ever. Happier than everywhere And everything and everyone In the whole wide world. Happy like thinking about Going to Heaven when I die. My Heartsong sounds like this: I love you! I love you! How happy you can be! How happy you can make this whole World be.”

“Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.”

“The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.”

Source : "The Great Theft". Interview with Melanie Colburn, www.motherjones.com. November 18, 2005.

“I listen to all the top 20 songs, and top 20 albums, even the rap albums. But I don't like negative messages. If somebody is putting a lot of ego out there, I don't like it. When I make my records I want it to be sincere.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I don't see anyone avoiding the Stones because DJs make jokes about them being a part of the Geritol set. All it does is make the DJs look stupid.”