Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.

Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.

See, there were certain rules I'd always used, and people like Trane, they would break those rules.

Jazz is about being in the moment.

Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different.

One thing that attracted me to Buddhism was the support for this larger vision of values.

One thing I like about jazz is that it emphasized doing things differently from what other people were doing.

I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time.

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.