“I think that the worst thing is realizing that mankind - that - that h...” — Ingrid Betancourt Quote

I think that the worst thing is realizing that mankind - that - that human beings can be so horrible to other human beings.

The voice of the Holy Father was like a light.

I have shed many tears of pain and indignation.

Living in a jungle is not something easy; it's not something that you just adapt yourself to. And I think that in my case, I didn't want to adapt.

You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.'

We are material beings for but a moment in time, but we are spiritual beings forever.

I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them. And not thinking about themselves as jazz musicians, but thinking about themselves as good human beings, striving to be a great person and maybe they'll become a great musician.

To let those complexities, dichotomies, contradictions, and the multitudes that we are as human beings exist is essential to me. That's just how I work. Otherwise, it makes no sense. Or I think it's boring, or it doesn't seem real.

Human beings of today are more fragile, whereas people born in wartime, during the Second World War, eventually became the great players like Pele. They were fantastic players.