Technology has developed to a whole other level and theres the scientist part of me that loves that stuff..

It might be something as simple as saying the right word to the right person at the right time-and that could change the course of history. You never….

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

Jazz is about being in the moment..

Jazz is a music that is open enough to borrow from any other form of music, and has the strength to influence any other form of music..

I got a chance to work with Miles Davis, and that changed everything for me, 'cause Miles really encouraged all his musicians to reach beyond what th….

You can expand, repeat, even change keys and do other things electronically to give certain elements and phrases more cohesiveness..

Life is not about finding our limitations, it's about finding our infinity..

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision..

I've always been interested in science. I used to take watches apart and clocks apart, and there's little screws, and a little this and that, and I f….

A great teacher is one who realizes that he himself is also a student and whose goal is not dictate the answers, but to stimulate his students' creat….

It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project..

I am not fundamentally a musician, I am fundamentally a human being..

The Internet opens up a whole new range of possibilities in a wide range of areas..

I don't think there are any pure Africans of the African Americans, but the African part of our history was pretty much taken away from us during sla….

I've had a life that has taken many interesting paths. I've learned a lot from mentors who were instrumental in shaping me, and I want to share what ….

I keep recycling and repackaging music that I've done in the past, as though I can't write anymore. Like, okay, I'm done with that. But I need to kin….

Each human being exists because there's something they have to offer for the evolution of the universe that only they can fulfill..

Buddhism has turned me on to my humanness, and is challenging my humanness so that I can become more human..

Most people define themselves by what they do - 'I'm a musician.' Then one day it occurred to me that I'm only a musician when I'm playing music - or….

In the world of Art there are no wrong choices..