Occupation: Jazz Pianist Birth: April 12, 1940
So I didn't actually change my name the way some people did..
Back in the day for me was a great time in my life - I was in my 20s. Most people refer to their experiences in their twenties as being a highlight i….
When I was in my early teens, I remember coming to the conclusion that your life never ends..
Fact is that I played piano and performed, as a young kid, a Mozart piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra . Don't forget I was only elev….
But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father..
As a human being, I'm concerned about the world that I live in.So, I'm concerned about peace.I'm concerned about man's inhumanity to man. I'm concern….
If you're not judging what happens, then you're trusting what others are doing, what you're playing, and trusting what you're playing.And it can lead….
I learned the importance of being nonjudgmental, taking what happens and trying to make it work.That's something you should apply to life..
Miles' sessions were not typical of anybody else's sessions. They were totally unique..
I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of discovering my own humanity and recognizing the humanity in….
We need to move into a culture of peace. What I hope to promote is the idea that we all need each other and that the greatest happiness in life is no….
I've never really been interested in doing a solo piano tour..
Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century..
I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism..
I've been curious ever since I was a little kid..
Being vulnerable is allowing yourself to trust. That's hard for a lot of people to do. They feel a lot more secure if they kind of put walls around t….
You can change your character and, at the same time, change your fortune..
Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music..
I don't look at music from the standpoint of being a musician; I look at it from the standpoint of being a human being..
So in other words, we were constantly challenged to grow, and thats what a master does..
But, the truth is that everyone is somebody already..