Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me..

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

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

Music isn't about music, it's about life..

I like to be on the edge, on the cutting edge, or be into the unknown, into the territory where I have to depend on being in the moment and depending….

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

I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn..

One of the greatest experiences I ever had was listening to a conversation with Joni Mitchell and Wayne Shorter. Just to hear them talking, my mouth ….

In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same thing. It was all underground, but….

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….

Of course, it's not the technique that makes the music; it's the sensitivity of the musician and his ability to be able to fuse his life with the rhy….

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..

Jazz is really about the human experience. It’s about the ability of human beings to take the worst of circumstances and struggles and turn it into s….

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

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics….

My first Grammy wasn't even in a jazz category, but of course I was really excited. 'Rockit' was the beginning of kind of a new era for the whole hip….

The first thing I ever heard about synthesizers, they were being used in rock..

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

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

The strongest thing that any human being has going is their own integrity and their own heart. As soon as you start veering away from that, the solid….

We need to put into practice the idea of embracing other cultures. We need to be shaping the kind of world we want to live in instead of waiting for ….