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“Music is something that always lifts my spirits and makes me happy, and when I make music I always hope it will have the same effect on whoever listens to it.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com. 
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“Is there a meaning to music? Yes. Can you state in so many words what the meaning is? No.”
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“I was in New York, miserable because I was working supper clubs but I wasn't expressing myself. I was really unhappy with my life. I saw Max Roach again and he told me I didn't have to do things like that. He made me an honest woman on the stage. I have been performing in that tradition since. I feel that I'm a serious performer now whereas then I wanted to be but I didn't know how.”
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“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.”
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“I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.”
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“Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.”
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“I’ve been the same guy since day one. No matter how successful I am in life, I’m going to stay true to myself and stay humble and grounded. I feel like that’s where your success comes from. Once you get that big head, it’s over. You feel like you can’t be stopped. Staying humble is the only way you can be great.”
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“Plus, in one of his e-mails, the guy said he didn't like pancakes. What kind of ***** doesn't like pancakes?”
Source : A. J. Jacobs (2009). “The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
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“If my former self and my current self met for coffee, they'd get along OK, but they'd both probably walk out of the Starbucks shaking their heads and saying to themselves, “That guy is kinda delusional.—
Source : A. J. Jacobs (2008). “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible”, p.7, Simon and Schuster
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“I'm just a down-to-earth guy.”
