Lenny Wilkens

We should never discourage young people from dreaming dreams.

I worry about the things I can affect, and the things I have no control over I move by.

If you fail the first time that's just a chance to start over again.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.