Wayne Shorter

“To me, jazz means, 'I dare you.'”

“The word 'jazz' means to me 'no category.'”

“Play and write what you want to hear.”

“Rehearsing is a drag. I'd rather find out on stage.”

“Composition is just improvisation slowed down.”

“Music is a mission, not a competition.”

“The six million dollar man is a myth. The bionic woman is a myth. The only thing that is truly bionic is the human brain.”

“The first step in making a judgment is being still.”

“Jazz is not a what, it is a how.”

“I'm always reaching for the unknown.”

“I'm trying to express the multidimensionality of the human spirit.”

“The old saying, 'There's nothing new under the sun.' That's a lie.”

“You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.”

“I think the highest purpose of music is to inspire.”

“Absence of proof is not proof of absence.”

“Let's live in a way that creates a world that is not a world of just tolerating difference but seeing the beauty in difference.”