"For we pay a price for everything we get or take in this world,
and although ambitions are well worth having,
they are not to be cheaply won."
—Lucille Maud Montgomery

"You'd like to quantify me, Officer… Read more

The Outsider disregards standard conventions of form and structure. Her emotionally stark art, often ignored by the industry, media and general public, may nevertheless find strong support among discriminating connoisseurs and collectors. Gooble gobble, gooble gobble, we accept her, one…Read more

"My name had gone stale, and no matter how
progressive I got, it was my time to die."
—Joni Mitchell

"Fame will go by and, so long, I've had you, fame.
I've always known it was fickle."… Read more

"We love Nastassja Kinski. She's a gifted actress
and the most beautiful woman in film today."
—Francis Ford Coppola

"I love Billie Holiday. Her music is so soulful and sad.
It's the most beautiful thing I know."… Read more

"Cock your hat. Angles are attitudes."
—Frank Sinatra

"It isn't about beauty. It's about attitude."
—Adriana Lima

"Attitudes are caught, not taught."
—Mr. McFeely

"You're only as good as your last picture."
—Humphrey Bogart

"You're only as good as your last envelope."
—Silvio Dante

"You're only as good as your last rhythm section."
—Art Farmer

When I was coming up, we weren't trying to get a hit or to get paid, we were just trying to do our thing. Truth is, the only thing we really wanted was to get out there and get recognized…Read more

Like many who grew up before the era of personal computers and video games, I spent countless hours in my youth reading the adventures of superheroes in comic books.

Here are 12 of my favorites and what I learned…Read more

James Moody's Grammy win tonight is a beautiful thing, but long overdue.

The last of the original generation of bebop masters, Moody died in December at age 85, just two months too early for him to appreciate the honor.…Read more

"Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world."
~Lily Tomlin

"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to
an environment where excellence is expected."
~Steve Jobs

"Just because Frank Sinatra is dead … Read more

"If you have enough people telling you you're wonderful,
then you start believing you're fabulous, then someone
tells you you stink and you believe that, too!
That's why, despite the public perception,
I'm a very private… Read more

"From the time Cézanne first left Aix, at the age of twenty-two, Louis-Auguste [Cézanne's father] paid his bills, even when Cézanne gave every indication of being nothing more than a failed dilettante. But for Zola, Cézanne would have remained an… Read more

"Anything that endures over time sacrifices its ability
to make an impression."
~Robert Musil

"Get someone else to blow your horn
and the sound will carry twice as far."
~Will Rogers

"I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great."
~Ray Charles

"You don't have to have an attitude if you're famous."
~Adriana Lima

"I've been around a few years. Surely you must have heard of… Read more

"In Formal Theories of Mass Behaviour, William McPhee notes that a disproportionate share of the audience for a hit is made up of people who consume few products of that type. A lot of the people who read…Read more