The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

The music becomes something that is its own entity.

The thing that we possess, that machines don't, is the ability to exhibit wisdom.

The value of music is not dazzling yourself and others with technique.

When I was coming up, I practiced all the time because I thought if I didn't I couldn't do my best.

When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends.

Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.

While knowledge may provide useful point of reference, it cannot become a force to guide the future.

We are eternally linked not just to each other but our environment.

You can practice to learn a technique, but I'm more interested in conceiving of something in the moment.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

It's not exclusive, but inclusive, which is the whole spirit of jazz.

I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism.