Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise and take chances and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians.

Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others and is of the utmost consequence.

What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect delicate balance between freedom 'to' and freedom 'from.'

Who is more to be pitied a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.

Without culture and the relative freedom it implies society even when perfect is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.

Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.

I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion.

God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections admit our failures and plead to God for clemency.

My perfect day is constantly changing. Right now it would be to lie around in a hammock reading with a portable phone and a table of food next to it. I would spend all day there. And that's all that I can possibly come up with on the spur of the moment.